Name: Mastigonema Fischer ex Frank 1886

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Mas.ti.go.ne’ma. Gr. fem. n. mastix, a whip; Gr. neut. n. nêma, thread; N.L. neut. n. Mastigonema, a whip-like thread

Gender, pronunciation: neuter (stem: Mastigonemat-), mas-ti-go-NE-ma

Valid publication: Frank AB. Dr. Johannes Leunis Synopsis der Pflanzenkunde. Aufl. 3. Band. 3 Specielle Botanik. Kryptogamen. Hahn'sche Buchhandlung, Hannover, 1886.

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: Rivulariaceae Rabenhorst ex Bornet and Flahault 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: 52091
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