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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species Leptochaete fonticola

Name: Leptochaete fonticola Borzì 1886

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: fon.ti’co.la. L. masc. n. fons, spring; L. masc./fem. n. suff. -cola, dweller, inhabitant; from L. masc./fem. n. incola, dweller; N.L. masc./fem. n. fonticola, dweller of springs (nominative in apposition)

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: lep-to-KHA͡E-te fon-TI-ko-la, feminine

Valid publication: Bornet E, Flahault CHM. Revision des Nostocacées hétérocystées contenues dans les principaux herbiers de France. Ann. Sci. Nat. Bot., ser. 7 1886; 3:323-281.

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

Taxonomic status: in need of a replacement

Parent taxon: Leptochaete Borzì ex Bornet and Flahault 1886

Assigned by: Bornet E, Flahault CHM. Revision des Nostocacées hétérocystées contenues dans les principaux herbiers de France. Ann. Sci. Nat. Bot., ser. 7 1886; 3:323-281.

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Record number: 51043

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