Species Phormidium cebennense

Name: Phormidium cebennense Gomont 1899

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ce.ben.nen’se. N.L. neut. adj. cebennense, of the Cévennes Mountains, France

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … ke-ben-NEN-se, neuter

Valid publication: Gomont M. Sur quelques Oscillariées nouvelles. Bulletin de la Société Botanique de France 1899; 46:25-41.

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

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Leptolyngbya cebennensis (Gomont 1899) Umezaki and Watanabe 1994

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Lyngbya cebennensis (Gomont 1899) Compère 1974	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
Leptolyngbya cebennensis (Gomont 1899) Umezaki and Watanabe 1994	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)

Notes:
- ❗ Phormidium cebennense 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.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 2
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 2
Total number of child taxa: 2

Child taxa:

Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
Phormidium cebennense var. asiaticum Borge 1933	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
Phormidium cebennense f. thermale Geitler and Ruttner 1936	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name

Parent taxon: Phormidium Kützing ex Gomont 1892

Assigned by: Gomont M. Sur quelques Oscillariées nouvelles. Bulletin de la Société Botanique de France 1899; 46:25-41.

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Record number: 27944

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Species Phormidium cebennense