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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Form Plectonema purpureum f. edaphicum

Name: Plectonema purpureum f. edaphicum Melnikova 1953

Category: Form

Proposed as: new form

Etymology: e.da’phi.cum. N.L. neut. adj. edaphicum, of soil

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: plek-to-NE-ma pur-PU-re-um e-DA-phi-kum, neuter

Valid publication: Melnikova VV. DE SPECIEBUS FT FORMIS NOVIS ALGARUM IN SOLIS TADZHIK RSS INVENTIS. Bot. Mater., Spor. Rast., Bot. Inst. Akad. Nauk SSSR 1953; 9:64-71.

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

Parent taxon: Plectonema purpureum Gomont 1892

Assigned by: Melnikova VV. DE SPECIEBUS FT FORMIS NOVIS ALGARUM IN SOLIS TADZHIK RSS INVENTIS. Bot. Mater., Spor. Rast., Bot. Inst. Akad. Nauk SSSR 1953; 9:64-71.

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Record number: 50265

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