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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species Leptolyngbya borchgrevinkii

Name: Leptolyngbya borchgrevinkii Komárek 2007

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: borch.gre.vin’ki.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. borchgrevinkii, named to honor Carsten Egeberg Borchgrevink. Norwegian polar explorer

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … borkh-gre-WIN-ki-i, feminine

Holotype: BRNM HY1414; KOVACIK-ANT 1990/4

16S rRNA gene: JN979956 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Komárek J. Phenotype diversity of the cyanobacterial genus Leptolyngbya in the maritime Antarctic. Polish Polar Research 2007; 28:211-231. 🇨🇿

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

Parent taxon: Leptolyngbya Anagnostidis and Komárek 1988

Assigned by: Komárek J. Phenotype diversity of the cyanobacterial genus Leptolyngbya in the maritime Antarctic. Polish Polar Research 2007; 28:211-231. 🇨🇿

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Record number: 6946
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