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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species Microchaete robinsonii

Name: Microchaete robinsonii Komárek 1994

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ro.bin.so’ni.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. robinsonii, named in honor of Gordon George Christopher Robinson, Canadian phycologist

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: mi-kro-KHA͡E-te ro-bin-SO-ni-i, feminine

Holotype: MMB

Valid publication: Komárek J. Microchaete robinsonii sp.nov., a new heteropolar cyanoprokaryote (cyanophyte, cyanobacterium) from southern Manitoba, Canada. Canad. J. Bot. 1994; 72:597-600.

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

Parent taxon: Microchaete Thuret ex Bornet and Flahault 1886

Assigned by: Komárek J. Microchaete robinsonii sp.nov., a new heteropolar cyanoprokaryote (cyanophyte, cyanobacterium) from southern Manitoba, Canada. Canad. J. Bot. 1994; 72:597-600.

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Record number: 39943

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