Scytonema hankhaense W.Tawong, P.Pongcharoen & W.Saijuntha 2025
Publication Details
Scytonema hankhaense W.Tawong, P.Pongcharoen & W.Saijuntha 2025: [4-6], figs 2-13 (as 'hankhaensis')
Published in: Tawong, W., Pongcharoen, P. & Saijuntha, W. (2025). Discovery and characterization of a novel 2-methylisoborneol-producing Scytonema species: Scytonema hankhaensis sp. nov. (Scytonemataceae). Phycologia 64: [1-13].
Publication date: online 8 April 2025
Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Scytonema is Scytonema hoffmannii C.Agardh ex Bornet & Flahault.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Type Information
Type locality: Hankha District, Chai Nat Province, Thailand (14°55.659'N, 99°58.945'E); (Tawong & al. 2025: [6]) Holotype: microbial mat on surface of wet rock along edge of small freshwater pond; QBG; 140234 (fixed in formaldehyde) (Tawong & al. 2025: [5, 6])
General Environment
This is a freshwater species.
Created: 06 June 2025 by G.M. Guiry.
Last updated: 06 June 2025
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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 06 June 2025. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 29 June 2025
