Species Scytonema elenkinii

Name: Scytonema elenkinii (Hollerbach 1923) Hoffmann 1986

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Tolypothrix elenkinii Hollerbach 1923

Etymology: e.len.ki’ni.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. elenkinii, named in honor of Alexander Elenkin, Russian botanist

Pronunciation, gender: e-len-KI-ni-i, neuter

Valid publication: Hoffmann L. Cyanophycées aériennes et subaériennes du Grand-Duché de Luxembourg. Bull. Jard. Bot. Nat. Belg. 1986; 56:112.

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

Parent taxon: Scytonema Agardh ex Bornet and Flahault 1886

Assigned by: Hoffmann L. Cyanophycées aériennes et subaériennes du Grand-Duché de Luxembourg. Bull. Jard. Bot. Nat. Belg. 1986; 56:112.

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Record number: 40500
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