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Species Scytonema simplex

Name: Scytonema simplex Bharadwaja 1934

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.

Etymology: sim’plex. L. neut. adj. simplex, plain

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

Valid publication: Bharadwaja Y. The taxonomy of Scytonema and Tolypothrix, including some new records and some new species from India and Ceylon. Revue Algologique 1934; 7:149-178.

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

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Scytonema bharadwajae De Toni 1939

  • Notes:
    • 🎓 Name mentioned 0 times in PubMed until 2025-12-02.
    • 🧍 Later homonym of Scytonema simplex corrig. Wood 1873. Publication: Wood HC. A contribution to the history of the fresh-water algae of North America. Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge 1873; 19:1-262.

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: Bharadwaja Y. The taxonomy of Scytonema and Tolypothrix, including some new records and some new species from India and Ceylon. Revue Algologique 1934; 7:149-178.

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Record number: 55084