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Species Plectonema boryanum
Name: Plectonema boryanum Gomont 1899
Etymology: bo.ry.a’num. N.L. neut. adj. boryanum, named in honor of Jean-Baptiste Bory de Saint-Vincent, French botanist
Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … bo-ry-A-num, 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)
Correct name: Leptolyngbya boryana (Gomont 1899) Anagnostidis and Komárek 1988
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Synonyms:
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Name Kind Leptolyngbya boryana (Gomont 1899) Anagnostidis and Komárek 1988 homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
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Notes:
- ❗ Plectonema boryanum 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 Plectonema.
- 🎓 Name mentioned 151 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 1
Total number of child taxa: 1
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status Plectonema boryanum f. hollerbachianum Elenkin 1949 validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) synonym
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Parent taxon: Plectonema Thuret 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: 6753
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