Species Phormidium priestleyi

Name: Phormidium priestleyi Fritsch 1917

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: pries.tley’i. N.L. gen. masc. n. priestleyi, probably named in honor of Joseph Hubert Priestley, British botanist

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … pries-TLEY-i, neuter

Holotype: ANT.LG2.4

16S rRNA gene: AY493580 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Fritsch FE. Freshwater algae. In: Anonymous NN (eds), British Antarctic (Terra Nova) Expedition, 1910. Natural History Report, B. M. (N. H.), London, 1917, p. 1-17.

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

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Phormidesmis priestleyi (Fritsch 1917) Komárek et al. 2009

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Phormidesmis priestleyi (Fritsch 1917) Komárek et al. 2009	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
Lyngbya priestleyi (Fritsch 1917) Senna 1983	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)

Notes:
- ❗ Phormidium priestleyi 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.

Parent taxon: Phormidium Kützing ex Gomont 1892

Assigned by: Fritsch FE. Freshwater algae. In: Anonymous NN (eds), British Antarctic (Terra Nova) Expedition, 1910. Natural History Report, B. M. (N. H.), London, 1917, p. 1-17.

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Record number: 6803

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Species Phormidium priestleyi