Species Lyngbya spiraloides

Name: Lyngbya spiraloides Archibald 1967

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: spi.ra.lo.i’des. L. masc./fem. adj. spiralis, spiral; L. adj. suff. -oides, resembling, similar; from Gr. neut. adj. suff. -eides, resembling, similar; from Gr. neut. n. eîdos, that which is seen, form, shape, figure; N.L. fem. adj. spiraloides, spiral-like

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: LYN͡G-by-a spi-ra-lo-I-des, feminine

Holotype: Figure 8

Valid publication: Archibald CGM. New and interesting cyanophytes from the Kowie River system in the Eastern Cape Province (South Africa). II. Nova Hedwigia 1967; 13:389-395.

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

Parent taxon: Lyngbya Agardh ex Gomont 1892

Assigned by: Archibald CGM. New and interesting cyanophytes from the Kowie River system in the Eastern Cape Province (South Africa). II. Nova Hedwigia 1967; 13:389-395.

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Record number: 33905

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