Name: Amphithrix violacea Bornet and Flahault 1886

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: vi.o.la’ce.a. L. fem. adj. violacea, violet-colored

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … wi-o-LA-ke-a, feminine

Valid publication: Bornet É, Flahault C. Revision des Nostocacées hétérocystées contenues dans les principaux herbiers de France. Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Botanique, Septième série 1886; 3:323-381.

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

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Homoeothrix violacea (Bornet and Flahault 1886) Komárek and Kann 1973

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Homoeothrix violacea (Bornet and Flahault 1886) Komárek and Kann 1973	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
    Tapinothrix violacea (Bornet and Flahault 1886) Bohunická and Johansen 2011	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)

• Notes:
  • ❗ Amphithrix violacea is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Amphithrix.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 0 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

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

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Amphithrix violacea f. aeruginea Frémy 1941	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name

Parent taxon: Amphithrix Kützing ex Bornet and Flahault 1886

Assigned by: Bornet É, Flahault C. Revision des Nostocacées hétérocystées contenues dans les principaux herbiers de France. Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Botanique, Septième série 1886; 3:323-381.

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Record number: 31242