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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species Hassallia pseudoramosissima

Name: Hassallia pseudoramosissima Johansen and Flechtner 2008

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: pseu.do.ra.mo.sis’si.ma. Gr. neut. adj. pseudes, false; L. masc. adj. ramosus, having many branches; N.L. sup. fem. adj. pseudoramosissima, having very many false branches

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: has-SAL-li-a pse͡u-do-ra-mo-SIS-si-ma, feminine

Holotype: Figure 57,58,74; Figure 58

Valid publication: Flechtner VR, Johansen JR, Belnap J. The biological soil crusts of the San Nicolas Island: enigmatic algae from a geographically isolated ecosystem. W. N. Amer. Naturalist 2008; 68:405-436. 🇺🇸

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

Taxonomic status: orphaned species

Parent taxon: Hassallia Berkeley ex Bornet and Flahault 1886

Assigned by: Flechtner VR, Johansen JR, Belnap J. The biological soil crusts of the San Nicolas Island: enigmatic algae from a geographically isolated ecosystem. W. N. Amer. Naturalist 2008; 68:405-436. 🇺🇸

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Record number: 38127

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