Species Phormidium ectocarpi

Name: Phormidium ectocarpi Gomont 1899

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ec.to.car’pi. N.L. gen. masc. n. ectocarpi, of the algal genus Ectocarpus

Pronunciation, gender: ek-to-KAR-pi, 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 ectocarpi (Gomont 1899) Anagnostidis and Komárek 1988

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Leptolyngbya ectocarpi (Gomont 1899) Anagnostidis and Komárek 1988	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)

Notes:
- ❗ Phormidium ectocarpi 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 2 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

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

Child taxa:

Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
Phormidium ectocarpi f. fuscescens Frémy 1941	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: 7028

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Species Phormidium ectocarpi