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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species Leibleinia edaphica

Name: Leibleinia edaphica Johansen and Flechtner 2008

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: e.da’phi.ca. Gr. neut. n. edaphos, soil; N.L. fem. adj. edaphica, living in soil

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … e-DA-phi-ka, feminine

Holotype: Figure 28; Figure 28,66; Figure 66

Valid publication: Flechtner VR, et al. The biological soil crusts of the San Nicolas Island: enigmatic algae from a geographically isolated ecosystem. W. N. Amer. Naturalist 2008; 68:414. 🇺🇸

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

Parent taxon: Leibleinia (Gomont 1890) Hoffmann 1985

Assigned by: Flechtner VR, et al. The biological soil crusts of the San Nicolas Island: enigmatic algae from a geographically isolated ecosystem. W. N. Amer. Naturalist 2008; 68:414. 🇺🇸

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Record number: 37918
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