Species Phormidium penicillatum

Name: Phormidium penicillatum Gomont 1893

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: pe.ni.cil.la’tum. N.L. neut. adj. penicillatum, brush-like

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … pe-ni-kil-LA-tum, neuter

Holotype: FK13-1

16S rRNA gene: KF746605 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Gomont M. Sur quelques Phormidium à thalle rameux. Bulletin de la Société Botanique de France 1893; 40:86-90.

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

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Caldora penicillata (Gomont 1893) Engene et al. 2015

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Caldora penicillata (Gomont 1893) Engene et al. 2015	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
Lyngbya penicillata (Gomont 1893) Hoffmann and Compère 1990	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)

Notes:
- ❗ Phormidium penicillatum 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 1 time 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 penicillatum f. vaginata Frémy 1944	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name

Parent taxon: Phormidium Kützing ex Gomont 1892

Assigned by: Gomont M. Sur quelques Phormidium à thalle rameux. Bulletin de la Société Botanique de France 1893; 40:86-90.

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Record number: 10077

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Species Phormidium penicillatum