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Species Lyngbya wollei

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

Category, proposed as: species, 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 (Latin), gender: LYN͡G-by-a WOL-le-i, feminine

Holotype: AW2009; YC0404; YC1109; YC2010

16S rRNA gene: KM077453 Analysetree FASTA download

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

  • 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 2026-06-11.

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