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Species Microcoleus lyngbyaceus

Name: Microcoleus lyngbyaceus (Kützing ex Gomont 1892) Drouet 1968

Category, proposed as: species, comb. nov.

Basonym: Hydrocoleum lyngbyaceum Kützing ex Gomont 1892

Etymology: lyng.by.a’ce.us. N.L. fem. n. Lyngbya, a cyanobacterial genus; N.L. masc. adj. lyngbyaceus, Lyngbya-like

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: mi-kro-KO-le-us lyn͡g-by-A-ke-us, masculine

Valid publication: Drouet F. Revision of the classification of the Oscillatoriaceae. Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Monograph 1968; 15:1-370.

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

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Blennothrix lyngbyacea (Kützing ex Gomont 1892) Anagnostidis and Komárek 1988

  • Notes:
    • ❗ Microcoleus lyngbyaceus 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 Microcoleus.
    • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 1
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 1
Total number of child taxa: 1

Parent taxon: Microcoleus Desmazières ex Gomont 1892

Assigned by: Drouet F. Revision of the classification of the Oscillatoriaceae. Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Monograph 1968; 15:1-370.

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Record number: 46278