Name: Spirocoleus hendersonii (Howe 1918) Silva 1996

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Phormidium hendersonii Howe 1918

Etymology: N.L. gen. masc. n. hendersonii

Gender: masculine

Holotype: herb. N.Y. Botanical Garden 6998; herb. U.S. Nat. Museum 6998

Valid publication: Silva PC, Basson PW, Moe RL. Catalogue of the Benthic Marine Algae of the Indian Ocean. Univ. Calif. Publ. Bot. 1996; 79:1-1166.

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

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Leptolyngbya hendersonii (Howe 1918) Anagnostidis and Komárek 1988

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Leptolyngbya hendersonii (Howe 1918) Anagnostidis and Komárek 1988	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
    Phormidium hendersonii Howe 1918	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)

• Notes:
  • ❗ Spirocoleus hendersonii 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 Spirocoleus.
  • ✏ The authority of the taxon name (Silva) deliberately differs from the authors of the publication (Silva et al.).
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 0 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Spirocoleus Möbius ex Crow 1927

Assigned by: Silva PC, Basson PW, Moe RL. Catalogue of the Benthic Marine Algae of the Indian Ocean. Univ. Calif. Publ. Bot. 1996; 79:1-1166.

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Record number: 27913