Name: Calothrix gracilis f. flexuosa Fritsch 1921

Category: Form

Proposed as: new form

Etymology: fle.xu.o’sa. L. fem. adj. flexuosa, curved

Pronunciation, gender: fle-ksu-O-sa, feminine

Valid publication: Fritsch FE, Stephens E. Contributions to our knowledge of freshwater algae of Africa. 3. Freshwater Algae (exclusive of Diatoms), mainly from the Transkei Territories, Cape Colony. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa 1921; 9:1-72.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Calothrix fritschii f. flexuosa (Fritsch 1921) De Toni f. 1939

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Calothrix fritschii f. flexuosa (Fritsch 1921) De Toni f. 1939	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)

• Notes:
  • ❗ Calothrix gracilis f. flexuosa is the correct name instead if this form is regarded as a separate form (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another form whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate species Calothrix gracilis within a separate genus Calothrix.
  • ✏ The authority of the taxon name (Fritsch) deliberately differs from the authors of the publication (Fritsch and Stephens).

Parent taxon: Calothrix gracilis (Rabenhorst 1865) Wolle 1887

Assigned by: Fritsch FE, Stephens E. Contributions to our knowledge of freshwater algae of Africa. 3. Freshwater Algae (exclusive of Diatoms), mainly from the Transkei Territories, Cape Colony. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa 1921; 9:1-72.

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Record number: 52878