Species Plectonema spongiosum

Name: Plectonema spongiosum Schwabe 1962

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: spon.gi.o’sum. L. neut. adj. spongiosum, spongy

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … spon-gi-O-sum, neuter

Holotype: figurae nostrae 2, tabula 13 et tabula 14

Valid publication: Schwabe GH. Aus Böden von El Salvador kultivierte Blaualgen. Nova Hedwigia 1962; 4:495-545.

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

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Pseudoscytonema spongiosum (Schwabe 1962) Anagnostidis and Komárek 1988

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Pseudoscytonema spongiosum (Schwabe 1962) Anagnostidis and Komárek 1988	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)

Notes:
- ❗ Plectonema spongiosum 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: Schwabe GH. Aus Böden von El Salvador kultivierte Blaualgen. Nova Hedwigia 1962; 4:495-545.

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Record number: 27332

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