Species Lyngbya wollei

Name: Lyngbya wollei (Farlow ex Gomont 1892) Speziale and Dyck 1992

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Plectonema wollei Farlow ex Gomont 1892

Etymology: wol’le.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. wollei, named in honor of Francis Wolle, American phycologist

Pronunciation, gender: WOL-le-i, feminine

Holotype: AW2009; YC0404; YC1109; YC2010

16S rRNA gene: KM077453 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Speziale BJ, Dyck LA. Lyngbya infestations: comparative taxonomy of Lyngbya wollei comb. nov. (Cyanobacteria). Journal of Phycology 1992; 28:693-706.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Microseira wollei (Farlow ex Gomont 1892) McGregor and Sendall 2015

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Plectonema wollei Farlow ex Gomont 1892	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
Microseira wollei (Farlow ex Gomont 1892) McGregor and Sendall 2015	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)

Notes:
- ❗ Lyngbya wollei is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Lyngbya.
- 🎓 Name mentioned 27 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Lyngbya Agardh ex Gomont 1892

Assigned by: Speziale BJ, Dyck LA. Lyngbya infestations: comparative taxonomy of Lyngbya wollei comb. nov. (Cyanobacteria). Journal of Phycology 1992; 28:693-706.

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Record number: 6639

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Species Lyngbya wollei