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Species Synechococcus viridissimus
Name: Synechococcus viridissimus Copeland 1936
Etymology: vi.ri.dis’si.mus. L. sup. masc. adj. viridissimus, the greenest
Valid publication:
Copeland JJ. Yellowstone thermal Myxophyceae. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 1936; 36:1-232. 
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
Correct name: Thermostichus viridissimus (Copeland 1936) Komárek and Strunecký 2020
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Synonyms:
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Name Kind Thermostichus viridissimus (Copeland 1936) Komárek and Strunecký 2020 homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
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Notes:
- ❗ Synechococcus viridissimus 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 2025-06-04.
Parent taxon: Synechococcus Nägeli 1849
Assigned by:
Copeland JJ. Yellowstone thermal Myxophyceae. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 1936; 36:1-232.
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Record number: 29512
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