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Name: Paraplectonema Frémy 1930

Category, proposed as: genus, gen. nov.

Etymology: Pa.ra.plec.to.ne’ma. Gr. prep. para, beside; N.L. neut. n. Plectonema, a cyanobacterial genus; N.L. neut. n. Paraplectonema, a genus beside Plectonema

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): neuter (stem: Paraplectonemat-), pa-ra-plek-to-NE-ma

Type species: Paraplectonema subfuscum Frémy 1930

Valid publication: Frémy P. Les Myxophycées de l'Afrique équatoriale française. Archives de Botanique, Mémoires 1930; 3:1-508.

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

  • Notes:
    • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Paraplecionema"; "Paraplettonema".
    • 💥 This name is a homonym of Paraplectonema Strand, 1934 (zoological) [from Catalogue of Life].

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: Oscillatoriaceae Engler 1898

Assigned by: Frémy P. Les Myxophycées de l'Afrique équatoriale française. Archives de Botanique, Mémoires 1930; 3:1-508.

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Record number: 14283