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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species Microcystis ovalis

Name: Microcystis ovalis Hollenberg 1939

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: o.va’lis. L. fem. adj. ovalis, oval

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: mi-kro-KYS-tis o-WA-lis, feminine

Holotype: Hollenberg 2179D

Valid publication: Hollenberg GJ. Some new Myxophyceae from Southern California. Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 1939; 66:489-494.

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

Parent taxon: Microcystis Kützing 1833

Assigned by: Hollenberg GJ. Some new Myxophyceae from Southern California. Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 1939; 66:489-494.

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Record number: 36556

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