Name: Dolichospermum Ralfs ex Bornet and Flahault 1886

Category: Section

Proposed as: new section

Etymology: Do.li.cho.sper’mum. Gr. masc. adj. dolichos, long; Gr. neut. n. sperma, seed; N.L. neut. n. Dolichospermum, an organism with long seeds

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: do-li-k^ho-SPER-mum, neuter

Valid publication: Bornet É, Flahault C. Revision des Nostocacées hétérocystées contenues dans les principaux herbiers de France (quatrième et dernier fragment). Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Botanique, Septième Série 1886; 7:177-262.

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: "Dalichospermum"; "Dolichopsermum"; "Dolichosper"; "Dolichospremum".
  • 😵 The taxonomic category of this name is not currently in use in the LPSN hierarchy. For this reason, this name does not have a parent taxon and does not have child taxa.

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Record number: 48631