Species Hassallia fragilis

Name: Hassallia fragilis Gardner 1927

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: fra’gi.lis. L. fem. adj. fragilis, fragile

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … FRA-gi-lis, feminine

Valid publication: Gardner NL. New Myxophyceae from Porto Rico. Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden 1927; 7:1-144.

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

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Tolypothrix fragilis (Gardner 1927) Geitler 1932

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Tolypothrix fragilis (Gardner 1927) Geitler 1932	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)

Notes:
- ❗ Hassallia fragilis 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 Hassallia.
- 🎓 Name mentioned 0 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Hassallia Berkeley ex Bornet and Flahault 1886

Assigned by: Gardner NL. New Myxophyceae from Porto Rico. Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden 1927; 7:1-144.

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Record number: 7090

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