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Species Scytonema crispum
Name: Scytonema crispum Bornet ex Forti 1907
Etymology: cris’pum. L. neut. adj. crispum, elegant
Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … KRIS-pum, neuter
16S rRNA gene:
MG970536
Analyse
FASTA
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)
Correct name: Heteroscytonema crispum (Bornet ex Forti 1907) McGregor and Sendall 2018
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Synonyms:
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Name Kind Heteroscytonema crispum (Bornet ex Forti 1907) McGregor and Sendall 2018 homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
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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 2025-08-05.
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
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status Scytonema crispum var. aethiopicum (West and West 1897) Geitler 1932 validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) correct name Scytonema crispum var. minus Li 1933 validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) correct name
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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
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