Etymology:
he.te.ro.ge’ne.a. Gr. masc. adj.heteros, different; Gr. neut. n.genos, race, family; M.L. fem. adj.heterogenea, heterogeneous
Gender:
feminine
Holotype:
NY 1191
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:
orphaned species
Notes:
❗ Hassalliaheterogenea 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.
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