Form Anabaena oscillarioides f. major

Name: Anabaena oscillarioides f. major Vasishta 1961

Category: Form

Proposed as: new form

Etymology: ma’jor. L. comp. masc./fem. adj. maior, larger; L. comp. fem. adj. major, larger (comp. of magnus) [probably better: maior]

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … MA-jor, feminine

Holotype: deposited in Government College, Hoshiarpur Herbarium under reference number Vasishta 6

Valid publication: Vasishta PC. More Cyanophyceae of Hoshiarpur: I. J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 1961; 58:135-146.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), illegitimate name, later homonym

Taxonomic status: in need of a replacement

Notes:
- 😡 This taxon name is a homonym of Anabaena oscillarioides f. major Bristol 1919.
- 🧍 Later homonym of Anabaena oscillarioides f. major Bristol 1919. Publication: Bristol BM. On the retention of viatlity by algae from old stored soils. I. Method of culture and general observations. New Phytologist 1919; 18:92-107.

Parent taxon: Anabaena oscillarioides Bory ex Bornet and Flahault 1886

Assigned by: Vasishta PC. More Cyanophyceae of Hoshiarpur: I. J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 1961; 58:135-146.

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Record number: 55862

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