Species Phormidium baculum

Name: Phormidium baculum (Gomont 1892) Anagnostidis 2001

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Lyngbya baculum Gomont 1892

Etymology: ba’cu.lum. L. neut. n. baculum, a staff

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … BA-ku-lum, neuter

Valid publication: Anagnostidis K. Nomenclatural changes in cyanoprokaryotic order Oscillatoriales. Preslia, Praha 2001; 73:359-375. 🇨🇿

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

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Leibleinia baculum (Gomont 1892) Hoffmann 1985

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Leibleinia baculum (Gomont 1892) Hoffmann 1985	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
Lyngbya baculum Gomont 1892	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)

Notes:
- ❗ Phormidium baculum 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 Phormidium.
- 🎓 Name mentioned 0 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
- 🧍 Disputed reclassification. Phormidium baculum (Gomont 1892) Anagnostidis 2001 is a homotypic synonym of the type species of Leibleinia but the same author did not provide new combination for all Leibleinia species. Publication: Hoffmann L. Quelques remarques sur la classification des Oscillatoriaceae. Cryptogamie, Algologie 1985; 6:71-79.

Parent taxon: Phormidium Kützing ex Gomont 1892

Assigned by: Anagnostidis K. Nomenclatural changes in cyanoprokaryotic order Oscillatoriales. Preslia, Praha 2001; 73:359-375. 🇨🇿

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Record number: 27438

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