The name Lyngbya is a slight homonymy case. This name is used according to the rules of several different nomenclatural codes.

Lyngbya C.Agardh ex Gomont, 1892

Botany

Taxonomy

Cyanobacteria 14
Cyanophyceae 14
Oscillatoriales 14
Algues 1990
Microcoleaceae 14

Species

Lyngbya aerugineo-caerulea 7 3
Lyngbya aerugineo-coerulea (Kütz.) Gomont 3
Lyngbya aestuarii 384 70
Lyngbya agglutinata 3 1
Lyngbya ambigua Kütz. 1
Lyngbya baculum Gomont 1 1
Lyngbya bontotensis 3 1
Lyngbya cantharisdosma 1
Lyngbya carmichaelii 2
Lyngbya cincinnata Hützing, 1843 10 1
Lyngbya cinnabarina 3 1
Lyngbya confervoides C.Agardh 336 89
Lyngbya crispa Ag. 4
Lyngbya epiphytica 2 2
Lyngbya ferruginea C.Agardh 3
Lyngbya gracilis (Menegh.) Rabenh. 7 6
Lyngbya graneolens 2
Lyngbya graveolens P.Crouan & H.Crouan 1 1
Lyngbya guyanensis 2
Lyngbya hamelii Bourrelly 1
Lyngbya holdenii 1 1
Lyngbya interrupta Kütz. 1
Lyngbya jadertina 9 1
Lyngbya lagerheimii (K.Möbius) Gomont 5 3
Lyngbya lusitanica Mont. 1
Lyngbya lutea (C.Agardh) Gomont 75 20
Lyngbya lutescens Liebm. 1
Lyngbya major Kütz. 6 2
Lyngbya majuscula (Dillwyn) Harv. 536 207
Lyngbya margaritacea Kütz. 1 1
Lyngbya martensiana Meneghini ex Gomont, 1892 28 8
Lyngbya mauritanica Mont. 1
Lyngbya maxima Mont. 4
Lyngbya meneghiniana (Kütz.) Falkenberg 7 7
Lyngbya muralis (Ag.) C.Agardh 2
Lyngbya nigra 10 4
Lyngbya nitens De Not. 1
Lyngbya ochracea (Kütz.) Thur. 19 17
Lyngbya ochracee 70
Lyngbya oestuarii 46 46
Lyngbya purpurea 3 1
Lyngbya putealis Mont. 101 40
Lyngbya rivulariarum Gomont 1 1
Lyngbya rivularium 4
Lyngbya semiplena (C.Agardh) J.Agardh 211 51
Lyngbya sordida (Zanardini) Gomont 27 25
Lyngbya sp. C.Agardh ex Gomont, 1892 24 11
Lyngbya speciosa Carm. 1
Lyngbya spectabilis 1 1
Lyngbya spirulinoides 7 3
Lyngbya subtilis Holden 3
Lyngbya variabilis Ag. 1
Lyngbya versicolor (Wartm.) Gomont 11 4
Lyngbya zostericola (Lyngb.) Rabenh. 1

2005 Specimens registered in collections

Collection Number of specimens (or sets)
Cryptogams (PC) 1991
Cyanobacteria (PMC) 14

Lyngbya C.Agardh ex Gomont, 1892

Zoology