Species Cayeuxia lemaitrae

Name: Cayeuxia lemaitrae Dragastan 1969

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.

Etymology: le.mai’trae. N.L. gen. fem. n. lemaitrae, named in honor of Dorothée Le Maître, French geologist and paleontologist

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: ka-YE͡U-xi-a le-MAI-tra͡e, feminine

Holotype: Figure 7 in Plate I

Valid publication: Diaconu M, Dragastan O. Triassic calcareous algae from the Apuseni Mountains (Rumania). Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 1969; 9(1-2):63-101.

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

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Rivularia lemaitrae (Dragastan 1969) Dragastan 1985

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Rivularia lemaitrae (Dragastan 1969) Dragastan 1985	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)

• Notes:
  • ❗ Cayeuxia lemaitrae 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 Cayeuxia.
  • ✏ The authority of the taxon name (Dragastan) deliberately differs from the authors of the publication (Diaconu and Dragastan).
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 0 times in PubMed until 2026-07-02.

Parent taxon: Cayeuxia Frollo 1938

Assigned by: Diaconu M, Dragastan O. Triassic calcareous algae from the Apuseni Mountains (Rumania). Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 1969; 9(1-2):63-101.

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Record number: 42641