Species Symploca muscorum

Name: Symploca muscorum Gomont ex Gomont 1892

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.

Etymology: mus.co’rum. L. gen. masc. pl. n. muscorum, of mosses

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: SYM-plo-ka mus-KO-rum, feminine

Valid publication: Gomont M. Monographie des Oscillariées (Nostocacées Homocystées). Deuxième partie. - Lyngbyées. Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Botanique, Série 7 1892; 16:91-264.

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

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Lyngbya muscorum (Gomont ex Gomont 1892) Compère 1985

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Lyngbya muscorum (Gomont ex Gomont 1892) Compère 1985	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
    "Oscillatoria muscorum" Agardh 1824	homotypic synonym, not validly published
    "Symploca muscorum" Gomont 1890	homotypic synonym, not validly published
    Phormidium muscorum (Gomont ex Gomont 1892) Dalla Torre and Sarnthein 1901	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)

• Notes:
  • ❗ Symploca muscorum 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 Symploca.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 0 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 7
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 8
Total number of child taxa: 8

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Symploca muscorum var. caldariorum Lemmermann 1907	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Symploca muscorum f. coerulea Danilov 1923	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Symploca muscorum var. fusca Frémy 1924	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Symploca muscorum f. genuina Gomont ex Frémy 1930	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Symploca muscorum f. inundata Gomont ex Frémy 1930	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Symploca muscorum f. recta Danilov 1923	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Symploca muscorum var. rivularis (Wolle 1887) ex Tilden 1894	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Symploca muscorum f. typica Danilov 1923	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name

Parent taxon: Symploca Kützing ex Gomont 1892

Assigned by: Gomont M. Monographie des Oscillariées (Nostocacées Homocystées). Deuxième partie. - Lyngbyées. Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Botanique, Série 7 1892; 16:91-264.

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Record number: 31536