Species Plectonema tenuissimum

Name: Plectonema tenuissimum Gardner 1927

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: te.nu.is’si.mum. L. sup. neut. adj. tenuissimum, fine

Gender: neuter

Holotype: 1049 b

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 tenuissima (Gardner 1927) Anagnostidis and Komárek 1988

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Leptolyngbya gardneriana Anagnostidis 2001	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), illegitimate name
Leptolyngbya tenuissima (Gardner 1927) Anagnostidis and Komárek 1988	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)

Notes:
- ❗ Plectonema tenuissimum 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: 27253

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