Species Lyngbya calcifera

Name: Lyngbya calcifera Brühl and Biswas 1923

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: cal.ci’fe.ra. L. fem. adj. fera, a wild beast; N.L. fem. adj. calcifera, chalk bearing

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: LYN͡G-by-a kal-KI-fe-ra, feminine

Valid publication: Brühl P, Biswas KP. Commentationes algologicae. II. Algae epiphyticae epiphloiae Indicae or Indian bark algae. Journal of the Department of Science University of Calcutta 1923; 5:1-22.

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

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Porphyrosiphon calciferus (Brühl and Biswas 1923) Anagnostidis and Komárek 1988

Parent taxon: Lyngbya Agardh ex Gomont 1892

Assigned by: Brühl P, Biswas KP. Commentationes algologicae. II. Algae epiphyticae epiphloiae Indicae or Indian bark algae. Journal of the Department of Science University of Calcutta 1923; 5:1-22.

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Record number: 27311

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