Species Phormidium gracile

Name: Phormidium gracile Lindstedt 1943

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: gra’ci.le. L. neut. adj. gracile, fine

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: p^hor-MI-di-um GRA-ki-le, neuter

Valid publication: Lindstedt A. Die Flora der marinen Cyanophyceen der schwedischen Westküste. Håkan Ohlssons Buchdruckerei, Lund, 1943.

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

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Leptolyngbya gracilis (Lindstedt 1943) Anagnostidis and Komárek 1988

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Leptolyngbya gracilis (Lindstedt 1943) Anagnostidis and Komárek 1988	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)

Notes:
- 😡 This taxon name is a homonym of Phormidium gracile (Rabenhorst ex Gomont 1892) Anagnostidis 2001.
- ❗ Phormidium gracile 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 2026-06-11.

Parent taxon: Phormidium Kützing ex Gomont 1892

Assigned by: Lindstedt A. Die Flora der marinen Cyanophyceen der schwedischen Westküste. Håkan Ohlssons Buchdruckerei, Lund, 1943.

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Record number: 27230

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