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Species Scytonema crispum

Name: Scytonema crispum Bornet ex Forti 1907

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.

Etymology: cris’pum. L. neut. adj. crispum, elegant

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: sky-to-NE-ma KRIS-pum, neuter

Holotype: BRCC0217

16S rRNA gene: MG970536 Analysetree FASTA download

Valid publication: Forti A. Sylloge algarum omnium hucusque cognitarum. Vol. V [of De Toni, J.B. "Sylloge Algarum Omnium"]. Sylloge Myxophycearum. Sumptibus auctoris, Patavii, 1907.

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

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Heteroscytonema crispum (Bornet ex Forti 1907) McGregor and Sendall 2018

  • Notes:
    • 😩 Deposit incorrectly indicated in some sources as representing the type strain of this taxon: UTEX LB1556.
    • ❗ Scytonema crispum 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 Scytonema.
    • 🎓 Name mentioned 3 times in PubMed until 2026-08-06.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 2
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 2
Total number of child taxa: 2

Parent taxon: Scytonema Agardh ex Bornet and Flahault 1886

Assigned by: Forti A. Sylloge algarum omnium hucusque cognitarum. Vol. V [of De Toni, J.B. "Sylloge Algarum Omnium"]. Sylloge Myxophycearum. Sumptibus auctoris, Patavii, 1907.

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Record number: 6635