Name: Oscillatoria splendida f. major Kufferath 1929

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: Figure 23

Valid publication: Kufferath H. Algues et protistes muscicoles, corticoles et terrestres récoltés sur la montagne de Barba (Costa Rica). Annales de Cryptogamie Exotique 1929; 2:23-52.

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

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Geitlerinema maius (Kufferath 1929) Anagnostidis 2001

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Geitlerinema maius (Kufferath 1929) Anagnostidis 2001	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), distinct rank

• Notes:
  • ❗ Oscillatoria splendida f. major 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 Oscillatoria splendida within a separate genus Oscillatoria.

Parent taxon: Oscillatoria splendida Greville ex Gomont 1892

Assigned by: Kufferath H. Algues et protistes muscicoles, corticoles et terrestres récoltés sur la montagne de Barba (Costa Rica). Annales de Cryptogamie Exotique 1929; 2:23-52.

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Record number: 27627