Species Scytonema simmeri

Name: Scytonema simmeri Schmidle 1899

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: sim’me.ri. N.L. gen. masc. n. simmeri, referring to Simmer

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: sky-to-NE-ma SIM-me-ri, neuter

Valid publication: Simmer H. Dritter Bericht über die Kryptogamenflora der Kreuzeckgruppe in Kärnten. Allgemeine Botanische Zeitschrift für Systematik 1899; 5:189-194.

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

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Petalonema simmeri (Schmidle 1899) Migula 1905

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Petalonema simmeri (Schmidle 1899) Migula 1905	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)

Notes:
- ❗ Scytonema simmeri 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.
- ✏ The authority of the taxon name (Schmidle) deliberately differs from the author of the publication (Simmer).
- 🎓 Name mentioned 0 times in PubMed until 2025-12-30.

Parent taxon: Scytonema Agardh ex Bornet and Flahault 1886

Assigned by: Simmer H. Dritter Bericht über die Kryptogamenflora der Kreuzeckgruppe in Kärnten. Allgemeine Botanische Zeitschrift für Systematik 1899; 5:189-194.

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Species Scytonema simmeri