Name: Echeverriopsis Kufferath 1929

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: E.che.ver.ri.op’sis. N.L. fem. n. Echeverriopsis, named after E. Echeverria, agricultural engineer from Gembloux, residing in San José, Costa Rica, and colleague of Kufferath, who collected the samples

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): feminine (stem: Echeverriopsid-), e-khe-wer-ri-OP-sis

Type species: Echeverriopsis costaricensis Kufferath 1929

Valid publication: Kufferath H. Algues et Protistes muscicoles, corticoles et terrestres récoltés sur la montagne de Barba (Costa-Rica). Ann. Crypt. Exot. 1929; 2:23-52.

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: Komárek J, Golubić S. Guide to the Nomenclature and formal taxonomic treatment of oxyphototroph prokaryotes (Cyanoprokaryotes). Published by the Authors, Třeboň and Boston, 1990.

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Record number: 18015

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