Species Phormidium weedii

Name: Phormidium weedii (Tilden 1898) Copeland 1936

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Phormidium laminosum f. weedii Tilden 1898

Etymology: N.L. gen. masc. n. weedii

Gender: neuter

Valid publication: Copeland JJ. Yellowstone thermal Myxophyceae. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 1936; 36:1-232.

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

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Leptolyngbya weedii (Tilden 1898) Anagnostidis 2001

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Phormidium laminosum f. weedii Tilden 1898	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), distinct rank
Leptolyngbya weedii (Tilden 1898) Anagnostidis 2001	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)

Notes:
- ❗ Phormidium weedii 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.

Parent taxon: Phormidium Kützing ex Gomont 1892

Assigned by: Copeland JJ. Yellowstone thermal Myxophyceae. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 1936; 36:1-232.

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Record number: 43958

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