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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species Lyngbya hemensii

Name: Lyngbya hemensii Cholnoky-Pfannkuche 1968

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: he.men’si.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. hemensii, named in honor of Mr. J. Hemens, Pretoria

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: LYN͡G-by-a he-MEN-si-i, feminine

Holotype: Figure 14-18

Valid publication: Cholnoky-Pfannkuche K. Einige neue und seltene Cyanophyceen aus Südafrika. Nova Hedwigia 1968; 15:431-435.

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

Parent taxon: Lyngbya Agardh ex Gomont 1892

Assigned by: Cholnoky-Pfannkuche K. Einige neue und seltene Cyanophyceen aus Südafrika. Nova Hedwigia 1968; 15:431-435.

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Record number: 43877

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