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Species Scytonema mirabile
Name: Scytonema mirabile (Dillwyn 1808) ex Bornet 1889
Proposed as: sp. nov., nom. rev.
Etymology: mi.ra’bi.le. L. neut. adj. mirabile, wonderful
Pronunciation, gender: mi-RA-bi-le, neuter
Valid publication:
Bornet É. Les Nostocacées hétérocystées du Systema Algarum de C.-A. Agardh (1824) et leur synonymie actuelle (1889). Bulletin de la Société Botanique de France 1889; 36:144-157. 
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
Correct name: Dillwynella mirabilis (Dillwyn 1808) ex Kuntze 1891
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Synonyms:
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Name Kind "Calothrix mirabilis" (Dillwyn 1808) Agardh 1824 homotypic synonym, not validly published Dillwynella mirabilis (Dillwyn 1808) ex Kuntze 1891 homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
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Notes:
- ❗ Scytonema mirabile 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 1 time in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 4
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 5
Total number of child taxa: 5
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status Scytonema mirabile var. ambiguum (Kützing 1849) Playfair 1913 validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) correct name Scytonema mirabile var. amplum (West and West 1894) Playfair 1913 validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) synonym Scytonema mirabile var. majus Gardner 1927 validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) correct name Scytonema mirabile f. minus Bharadwaja 1934 validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) correct name Scytonema mirabile f. zonatum Geitler 1932 validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) correct name
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Parent taxon: Scytonema Agardh ex Bornet and Flahault 1886
Assigned by:
Bornet É. Les Nostocacées hétérocystées du Systema Algarum de C.-A. Agardh (1824) et leur synonymie actuelle (1889). Bulletin de la Société Botanique de France 1889; 36:144-157.
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Record number: 7078
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