Species Chroococcus decorticans

Name: Chroococcus decorticans Braun 1850

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: N.L. pres. part. decorticans

Gender: masculine

Valid publication: Braun A. Betrachtungen über die Erscheinung der Verjüngung in der Natur. Verlag von Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig, 1850.

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

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Gloeocapsa decorticans (Braun 1850) Richter 1932

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Gloeocapsa decorticans (Braun 1850) Richter 1932	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)

Notes:
- ❗ Chroococcus decorticans 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 Chroococcus.
- 🎓 Name mentioned 0 times in PubMed until 2025-12-09.

Parent taxon: Chroococcus Nägeli 1849

Assigned by: Braun A. Betrachtungen über die Erscheinung der Verjüngung in der Natur. Verlag von Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig, 1850.

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Record number: 54784

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