Species "Lyngbya cataracta"

Name: "Lyngbya cataracta" (Rabenhorst 1863) Wolle 1887

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Etymology: ca.ta.rac’ta. L. fem. n. cataracta, a waterfall

Pronunciation, gender: … ka-ta-RAK-ta, feminine

Original publication: Wolle F. Fresh Water Algae of the United States. The Comenius Press, Bethlehem, Pa., 1887.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Lyngbya cataracta Wolle ex Forti 1907

Parent taxon: "Lyngbya" Agardh 1824

Assigned by: Wolle F. Fresh Water Algae of the United States. The Comenius Press, Bethlehem, Pa., 1887.

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Record number: 55277
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