Lyngbya calcifera Brühl & Biswas 1923
Publication Details
Lyngbya calcifera Brühl & Biswas 1923: 12
Published in: Brühl, P. & Biswas, K. (1923). Commentationes algologicae. II. Algae epiphyticae epiphloiae Indicae or Indian bark algae. Journal of the Department of Science, University of Calcutta 5 (Botany 1): 1-22, pls I-VII incl. 25 figs.
Publication date: July 1923
Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Lyngbya is Lyngbya confervoides C.Agardh ex Gomont.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Porphyrosiphon calciferus (Brühl & Biswas) Anagnostidis & Komárek.
Source of Synonymy
Anagnostidis, K. & Komárek, J. (1988). Modern approach to the classification system of cyanophytes. 3. Oscillatoriales. Archiv für Hydrobiologie, Supplement 80 (Algological Studies 50-53)(1-4): 327-472, 35 figs, 13 tables.
Type Information
Type locality: India : Calcutta; (INA 1996) Type: on bark of various trees; (INA 1996)
Created: 20 January 2005 by Fabio Rindi.
Last updated: 03 February 2022
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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 03 February 2022. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 28 June 2025
