Scytonema gomontii Gutwinski 1901
Publication Details
Scytonema gomontii Gutwinski 1901: 17, fig. 7
Published in: Gutwinski, R. (1901). Additamenta ad floram algarum Indiae batavorum cognoscendam. Bulletin International de l'Académie des Sciences de Cracovie 39: 287-307.
Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Scytonema is Scytonema hoffmannii C.Agardh ex Bornet & Flahault.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Brasilonema gomontii (Gutwinski) M.Bohunicá & J.R.Johansen.
Source of Synonymy
Bohunická, M., Johansen, J.R., Villanueva, C.D., Mareš, J., Štenclová, L., Becerra-Absalón, I., Hauer, T. & Kaštovský, J. (2024). Revision of the pantropical genus Brasilonema (Nostocales, Cyanobacteria), with the description of 24 species new to science. Fottea 24(2): 137–184, 19 figures.
Type Information
Type locality: Indonesia: Splamat volcano; (INA 1996)
General Environment
This is a freshwater species.
Created: 21 August 2004 by Fabio Rindi.
Last updated: 31 July 2024
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Nomenclatural notes
1902: 303, pl. V: fig. 7 (INA). - (31 July 2024) - G.M. Guiry
Gutwinski 1901, 39: 17, fig.7 (Bohunická & al., 2024). - (31 July 2024) - G.M. Guiry
Taxonomic note
"Insufficiently described" (Komárek 2013: 89); perhaps a species of Brasilonema (Komárek 2013: 113). - (16 January 2014) - M.D. Guiry
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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 31 July 2024. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 24 July 2025