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Genus Reptodigitus
Name: Reptodigitus Casamatta et al. 2020
Etymology: Rep.to.di’gi.tus. L. v. repto, creeping; L. masc. n. digitus, fingers; N.L. masc. n. Reptodigitus, named based on growth pattern, trichomes grow away from the colony and onto host plant in a creeping or snaking pattern
Gender, pronunciation: masculine (stem: Reptodigit-), rep-to-DI-gi-tus
Type species: Reptodigitus chapmanii Casamatta et al. 2020
Valid publication:
Casamatta DA, Villanueva CD, Garvey AD, Stocks HS, Vaccarino M, Dvorak P, Hasler P, Johansen JR. Reptodigitus Chapmanii (Nostocales, Hapalosiphonaceae) Gen. Nov.: A Unique Nostocalean (Cyanobacteria) Genus Based on a Polyphasic Approach(1). J Phycol 2020; 56:425-436. 
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
Taxonomic status: correct name
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
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status Reptodigitus chapmanii Casamatta et al. 2020 validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) correct name
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Parent taxon: Hapalosiphonaceae Elenkin 1916
Assigned by:
Casamatta DA, Villanueva CD, Garvey AD, Stocks HS, Vaccarino M, Dvorak P, Hasler P, Johansen JR. Reptodigitus Chapmanii (Nostocales, Hapalosiphonaceae) Gen. Nov.: A Unique Nostocalean (Cyanobacteria) Genus Based on a Polyphasic Approach(1). J Phycol 2020; 56:425-436.
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Record number: 8082
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