Name: Hassallia rugulosa Gardner 1927

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ru.gu.lo’sa. L. masc. adj. rugosus, wrinkled; N.L. fem. adj. rugulosa, probably meaning somewhat wrinkled

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: has-SAL-li-a ru-gu-LO-sa, feminine

Holotype: 517

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 rugulosa (Gardner 1927) Geitler 1932

• Synonyms:

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

• Notes:
  • ❗ Hassallia rugulosa 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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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: 37974