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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species Nostoc hyalinum

Name: Nostoc hyalinum Bennett 1886

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: hy.a’li.num. Gr. neut. adj. hyalinon; N.L. neut. adj. hyalinum, hyaline

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: NOS-tok hy-A-li-num, neuter

Valid publication: Bennett AW. Fresh-water Algæ (including Chlorophyllaceous Protophyta) of the English Lake District; with descriptions of twelve new species. Journal of the Royal Microscopical Society, series 2 1886; 6:1-15.

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

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Nostoc opalinum Bennett 1890

Parent taxon: Nostoc Vaucher ex Bornet and Flahault 1886

Assigned by: Bennett AW. Fresh-water Algæ (including Chlorophyllaceous Protophyta) of the English Lake District; with descriptions of twelve new species. Journal of the Royal Microscopical Society, series 2 1886; 6:1-15.

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Record number: 51259

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