Species Plectonema murale

Name: Plectonema murale Gardner 1927

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: mu.ra’le. L. neut. adj. murale, of or belonging to a wall

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … mu-RA-le, neuter

Holotype: 732 c

Valid publication: Gardner NL. New Myxophyceae from Porto Rico. Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden 1927; 7:1-144.

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

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Leptolyngbya muralis (Gardner 1927) Anagnostidis and Komárek 1988

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Leptolyngbya muralis (Gardner 1927) Anagnostidis and Komárek 1988	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)

Notes:
- ❗ Plectonema murale 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 0 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Plectonema Thuret ex Gomont 1892

Assigned by: Gardner NL. New Myxophyceae from Porto Rico. Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden 1927; 7:1-144.

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Record number: 27240

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