Species Phormidium bijahense

Name: Phormidium bijahense corrig. Copeland 1936

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: bi.ja.hen’se. N.L. neut. adj. bijahense, pertaining to the Bijah Group of Springs, Yellowstone Park, USA

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … bi-ja-HEN-se, neuter

Holotype: Herbarium of the New York Botanical Garden 132

Valid publication: Copeland JJ. Yellowstone thermal Myxophyceae. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 1936; 36:1-232.

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

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Leptolyngbya bijahensis (Copeland 1936) Anagnostidis 2001

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Phormidium bijahensis Copeland 1936	other spelling of name, inaccurate spelling (ICN [Botanical Code])
Leptolyngbya bijahensis (Copeland 1936) Anagnostidis 2001	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)

Notes:
- ❗ Phormidium bijahense 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.

Parent taxon: Phormidium Kützing ex Gomont 1892

Assigned by: Copeland JJ. Yellowstone thermal Myxophyceae. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 1936; 36:1-232.

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Record number: 27504

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