Genus Camptothrix

Name: Camptothrix West and West 1897

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Camp.to’thrix. Gr. v. kampto, to bend; Gr. fem. n. thrix, a hair; N.L. fem. n. Camptothrix, a bent hair

Gender, pronunciation: feminine (stem: Camptotrich-), kamp-TO-thriks

Type species: Camptothrix repens West and West 1897

Valid publication: West W, West GS. Welwitsch's African freshwater algae. Journal of Botany, British and Foreign 1897; 35:1-7.

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: 2
Total number of child taxa: 2

Parent taxon: Camptotrichaceae West and West 1897

Assigned by: West W, West GS. Welwitsch's African freshwater algae. Journal of Botany, British and Foreign 1897; 35:1-7.

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Record number: 9542
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