Name: Microchaete capensis Hodgetts 1925

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ca.pen’sis. N.L. fem. adj. capensis, referring to the Cape Province, South Africa

Pronunciation, gender: ka-PEN-sis, feminine

Valid publication: Hodgetts WJ. Contributions to our knowledge of the freshwater algae of Africa. 6: Some freshwater algae from Stellenbosch, Cape of Good Hope. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa 1926; 13:49-193.

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

Parent taxon: Microchaete Thuret ex Bornet and Flahault 1886

Assigned by: Hodgetts WJ. Contributions to our knowledge of the freshwater algae of Africa. 6: Some freshwater algae from Stellenbosch, Cape of Good Hope. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa 1926; 13:49-193.

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Record number: 49874
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