Name: "Spermosira" Kützing 1843

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Sper.mo.si’ra. N.L. fem. n. Spermosira, a rope with seeds

Gender, pronunciation: feminine (stem: Spermosir-), sper-mo-SI-ra

Type species: "Spermosira litorea" Kützing 1843

Original publication: Kützing FT. Phycologia generalis oder Anatomie, Physiologie und Systemkunde der Tange. Mit 80 farbig gedruckten Tafeln, gezeichnet und gravirt vom Verfasser. F.A. Brockhaus, Leipzig, 1843.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Spermosira Kützing ex Frank 1886

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 0
Total number of child taxa: 1

Parent taxon: Nostocaceae Eichler 1886

Assigned by: LPSN automated production system. The following publication is only one of the sources consulted. It may or may not mention this taxon name. — 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: 18038
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