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Taxon: Genus Lyngbya C.Agardh ex Gomont (1892), nom. cons. (alga)
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Authorship

SN2000 author citation:  C.A. Agardh, 1824 ex Gomont, 1892[1893][1892], nom. bot. nov., nom. cons.
Unavailable original name:  Agardh, C. 1824. Systema Algarum: XXV, no. 37. [nom. praeinit.].
Original name, rank & spelling:  Gomont, M. 1892[1893][1892]. Ann. Sci. Nat. Bot. (7) 16 (6): 95 (key), 118 ("C. Agardh"). ≡
Description/Diagnosis in Latin:  op. cit.: 95 (key), 118-119.

Eponymous persons

H.C. (Hans(en) Christian) Lyngbye (1782 - 1837): Danish botanist Ref: 2020-present: [7 Feb 2026].

Attributes

Botanical name, by original use (: nom. bot. nov.) Ref: LPSN, 2020-present. LPSN: [7 Feb 2026].
Botanical name (: nom. bot.) [ICBN/ICN] Ref: E.R. Farr & G. Zijlstra (eds.), 1996-present. ING: 9 Feb 1996.
Conserved name (nom. cons. [prop.]) [ICBN/ICN, 2012: Art. 14, Rec. 50E.1, App. II-IV] Ref: W. Greuter et al. (eds.), 1994. Int. Code Bot. Nomencl. (Tokyo Code): App. IIIA (p. 128).

Variants

Name in subsequent code of nomenclature: Lyngbya (Genus) C.A. Agardh ex Gomont 1892 nom. cons. Ref: LPSN, 2020-present: [7 Feb 2026].
Name in subsequent code of nomenclature: Lyngbya (Genus) Agardh ex Gomont 1892 nom. inval.
Name in preferred code of nomenclature: Lyngbya (Genus) C.A. Agardh ex Gomont 1892 nom. cons. Ref: LPSN, 2020-present: [7 Feb 2026].

Homonyms

Rejected homonym: Lyngbyea (Genus) S.C. Sommerfelt (1826), nom. rej. Ref: W. Greuter et al. (eds.), 1994: App. IIIA (p. 128).

Synonyms

Possibly Synonymous name: Cyclosperma (Genus) Bonnemaison (1822), nom. inval. Ref: LPSN, 2020-present: [8 Feb 2026] (Komarek & Golubic, 1990: "possibly").
Synonymous name: Spirocoleus (Genus) Möbius ex Crow (1927) Ref: J. Komárek & S. Golubić, [2005]: 97 ("sensu Crow, non sensu Möbius").
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