Species Synechococcus amethystinus

Name: Synechococcus amethystinus Copeland 1936

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: a.me.thys’ti.nus. L. masc. adj. amethystinus, of the color of amethyst

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: sy-ne-k^ho-KOK-kus a-me-T^HYS-ti-nus, masculine

Holotype: NYBG 417

Valid publication: Copeland JJ. Yellowstone thermal Myxophyceae. Ann. N.Y. Acad. Sc. 1936; 36:4-223.

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

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Cyanobium amethystinum (Copeland 1936) Komárek et al. 1999

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Cyanobium amethystinum (Copeland 1936) Komárek et al. 1999	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
Cyanothece amethystina (Copeland 1936) Komárek 1976	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)

Notes:
- ❗ Synechococcus amethystinus 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 Synechococcus.
- 🎓 Name mentioned 0 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.

Parent taxon: Synechococcus Nägeli 1849

Assigned by: Copeland JJ. Yellowstone thermal Myxophyceae. Ann. N.Y. Acad. Sc. 1936; 36:4-223.

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Record number: 29961

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