Name: Hormothamnion convolutum Collins and Hervey 1917

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: con.vo.lu’tum. L. neut. part. adj. convolutum, coiled, the coiled Heliorestis

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … kon-wo-LU-tum, neuter

Holotype: Collins herb. 7239

Valid publication: Collins FS, Hervey AB. The algae of Bermuda. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 1917; 53:1-195.

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

Taxonomic status: orphaned species

• Notes:
  • ❗ Hormothamnion convolutum 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 Hormothamnion.
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Parent taxon: Hormothamnion Grunow ex Bornet and Flahault 1886

Assigned by: Collins FS, Hervey AB. The algae of Bermuda. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 1917; 53:1-195.

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Record number: 49592