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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Form "Gloeocapsa polydermatica f. major"

Name: "Gloeocapsa polydermatica f. major" Laloraya and Mitra 1974

Category: Form

Proposed as: new form

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

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: glo͡e-o-KAP-sa po-ly-der-MA-ti-ka MA-jor, feminine

Original publication: Laloraya VK, Mitra AK. Studies on the blue-green algae of the paddy fields of India. Part II: Taxonomic considerations of the Blue-Green Algae obtained from paddy fields of India. Beihefte zur Nova Hedwigia 1974; 47:263-337.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

Parent taxon: Gloeocapsa polydermatica Kützing 1846

Assigned by: Laloraya VK, Mitra AK. Studies on the blue-green algae of the paddy fields of India. Part II: Taxonomic considerations of the Blue-Green Algae obtained from paddy fields of India. Beihefte zur Nova Hedwigia 1974; 47:263-337.

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Record number: 50434

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