Name: Sphaerodictyon Geitler 1925

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Sphae.ro.dic’ty.on. Gr. fem. n. sphaîra, a sphere; Gr. neut. n. diktyon, net; N.L. neut. n. Sphaerodictyon, a spherical net

Gender: neuter (stem: Sphaerodicty-)

Type species: Sphaerodictyon reticulatum Geitler 1925

Valid publication: Geitler L. Synoptische Darstellung der Cyanophyceen in morphologischer und systematischer Hinsicht. Beihefte zum Botanischen Centralblatt 1925; 41:163-294.

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: Geitler L. Synoptische Darstellung der Cyanophyceen in morphologischer und systematischer Hinsicht. Beihefte zum Botanischen Centralblatt 1925; 41:163-294.

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Record number: 17981
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