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Species Dolichospermum ellipsoides
Name: Dolichospermum ellipsoides (Bolokhontsev ex Woronichin 1931) Wacklin et al. 2009
Basonym: Anabaena ellipsoides Bolokhontsev ex Woronichin 1931
Etymology: el.lip.so.i’des. Gr. fem. n. elleipsis, ellipse; L. adj. suff. -oides, resembling, similar; from Gr. neut. adj. suff. -eides, resembling, similar; from Gr. neut. n. eîdos, that which is seen, form, shape, figure; N.L. neut. adj. ellipsoides, resembling an ellipse
Pronunciation, gender: el-lip-so-I-des, neuter
Valid publication:
Wacklin P, Hoffmann L, Komárek J. Nomenclatural validation of the genetically revised cyanobacterial genus Dolichospermum (RALFS ex BORNET et FLAHAULT) comb. nova. Fottea 2009; 9:59-64. 
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
Taxonomic status: correct name
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Synonyms:
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Name Kind Anabaena ellipsoides Bolokhontsev ex Woronichin 1931 homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
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Parent taxon: Dolichospermum (Ralfs ex Bornet and Flahault 1886) Wacklin et al. 2009
Assigned by:
Wacklin P, Hoffmann L, Komárek J. Nomenclatural validation of the genetically revised cyanobacterial genus Dolichospermum (RALFS ex BORNET et FLAHAULT) comb. nova. Fottea 2009; 9:59-64.
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Record number: 16575
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