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Species Calothrix brevissima
Name: Calothrix brevissima West 1907
Etymology: bre.vis’si.ma. L. sup. fem. adj. brevissima, the shortest
Valid publication:
West GS. Report on the freshwater algae, including phytoplankton of the Third Tanganyika Expedition, conducted by Dr. W.A. Cunnington 1904-1905. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Botany 1907; 38:81-197. 
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
Taxonomic status: correct name
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 2
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 2
Total number of child taxa: 2
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status Calothrix brevissima var. intermedia Laloraya and Mitra 1974 validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) correct name Calothrix brevissima var. moniliformis Ghose 1927 validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) correct name
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Parent taxon: Calothrix Agardh ex Bornet and Flahault 1886
Assigned by:
West GS. Report on the freshwater algae, including phytoplankton of the Third Tanganyika Expedition, conducted by Dr. W.A. Cunnington 1904-1905. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Botany 1907; 38:81-197.
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Record number: 6701
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