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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species Capsosira lowei

Name: Capsosira lowei Casamatta et al. 2006

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: lo’we.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. lowei, named in honor of Rex Lowe, American phycologist

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: kap-so-SI-ra LO-we-i, feminine

Holotype: BRY C37674; HWF3-JJ1; UTEX HWF3-JJ1

16S rRNA gene: AY452534 Analysetree FASTA download

Valid publication: Casamatta DA, Gomez, SR, R JJ. Rexia erecta gen. et sp. nov. and Capsosira lowei sp. nov., two newly described cyanobacterial taxa from the Great Smoky Mountains National Park (USA). Hydrobiologia 2006; 561:13-26. 🇺🇸

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

Parent taxon: Capsosira Kützing ex Bornet and Flahault 1886

Assigned by: Casamatta DA, Gomez, SR, R JJ. Rexia erecta gen. et sp. nov. and Capsosira lowei sp. nov., two newly described cyanobacterial taxa from the Great Smoky Mountains National Park (USA). Hydrobiologia 2006; 561:13-26. 🇺🇸

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Record number: 6704

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