IRMNG name details
original description
Kaas, H. (1983). Leuconema clavatulum gen. et sp. nov. (Leuconemataceae fam. nov.), a colourless blue-green alga (Nostocophyceae). <em>Nordic Journal of Botany.</em> 3(3): 431-435., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1756-1051.1983.tb01960.x [details]
basis of record
Farr, E. R.; Zijlstra, G. (eds). (1996-current). Index Nominum Genericorum (ING). A compilation of generic names published for organisms covered by the ICN: International Code of Nomenclature for Algae, Fungi, and Plants. [previously: organisms covered by the International Code for Botanical Nomenclature] (2007 version). , available online at https://naturalhistory2.si.edu/botany/ing/ [details]
source of synonymy
CyanoDB (May 2011) [details]
extant flag source
as per included genera [details]
habitat flag source
web search (AJR) [details]
Unreviewed
Taxonomic remark The genus Leuconema and its containing family were described as colourless Cyanophyta (blue-green algae) in the order Pleurocapsales by Kaas, 1983; considered a non-cyanophyte bacterium in CyanoDB (2018 version). [details]
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