Name: Belmontia Archibald 1967

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Bel.mon’ti.a. N.L. fem. n. Belmontia, referring to Belmont valley, South Africa

Gender, pronunciation: feminine (stem: Belmonti-), bel-MON-ti-a

Type species: Belmontia capensis Archibald 1967

Valid publication: Archibald CGM. Some new and Interesting Cyanophytes from the Kowie River System in the Eastern Cape Province (South Africa). Nova Hedwigia 1967; 12:529-538.

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 1
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 1
Total number of child taxa: 1

Parent taxon: Nostocaceae Eichler 1886

Assigned by: Komarek J, Golubic S. Guide to the Nomenclature and formal taxonomic treatment of oxyphototroph prokaryotes (Cyanoprokaryotes). Unknown Publisher, Unknown City, 1990.

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Record number: 17909
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