Name: Nodularia sphaerocarpa Bornet and Flahault 1886

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: sphae.ro.car’pa. Gr. fem. n. sphaîra, sphere; Gr. masc. n. karpos, fruit; N.L. fem. adj. sphaerocarpa, having spherical fruits

Gender: feminine

Valid publication: Bornet É, Flahault C. Revision des Nostocacées hétérocystées contenues dans les principaux herbiers de France (quatrième et dernier fragment). Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Botanique, Septième Série 1886; 7:177-262.

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

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Nodularia harveyana var. sphaerocarpa (Bornet and Flahault 1886) Elenkin 1916

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Nodularia harveyana var. sphaerocarpa (Bornet and Flahault 1886) Elenkin 1916	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), distinct rank

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Nodularia Mertens ex Bornet and Flahault 1886. Publication: Bornet É, Flahault C. Revision des Nostocacées hétérocystées contenues dans les principaux herbiers de France (quatrième et dernier fragment). Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Botanique, Septième Série 1886; 7:177-262.
  • ❗ Nodularia sphaerocarpa is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Nodularia.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 11 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Nodularia Mertens ex Bornet and Flahault 1886

Assigned by: Bornet É, Flahault C. Revision des Nostocacées hétérocystées contenues dans les principaux herbiers de France (quatrième et dernier fragment). Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Botanique, Septième Série 1886; 7:177-262.

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Record number: 6788