Name: Microdiscus Steinecke 1916

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Mi.cro.dis’cus. Gr. masc. adj. mikros, small (may keep -o); Gr. masc. n. diskos, a quoit; N.L. masc. n. Microdiscus, a small quoit

Gender, pronunciation: masculine (stem: Microdisc-), mi-kro-DIS-kus

Type species: Microdiscus parasiticus Steinecke 1916

Valid publication: Steinecke F. Die Algen des Zehlaubruches in systematischer und biologischer Hinsicht. Schr. phys.-ökon. Ges. Königsberg 1916; 56:1-39.

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: Chroococcaceae Rabenhorst 1863

Assigned by: Steinecke F. Die Algen des Zehlaubruches in systematischer und biologischer Hinsicht. Schr. phys.-ökon. Ges. Königsberg 1916; 56:1-39.

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Record number: 17893
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