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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species Anabaena austroafricana

Name: Anabaena austroafricana Cronberg and Komárek 2004

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: aus.tro.a.fri.ca’na. L. fem. adj. africana, African; N.L. fem. adj. austroafricana, of or pertaining to South Africa, the source of the isolates

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … a͡us-tro-a-fri-KA-na, feminine

Holotype: A2053

Valid publication: Cronberg G, Komarek J. Some nostocalean cyanoprokaryotes from lentic habitats of Eastern and Southern Africa. Nova Hedwigia 2004; 78:71-106. 🇸🇪

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

Parent taxon: Anabaena Bory ex Bornet and Flahault 1886

Assigned by: Cronberg G, Komarek J. Some nostocalean cyanoprokaryotes from lentic habitats of Eastern and Southern Africa. Nova Hedwigia 2004; 78:71-106. 🇸🇪

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Record number: 29390
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