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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species "Nostoc leptonema"

Name: "Nostoc leptonema" Reinsch 1876

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: lep.to.ne’ma. Gr. neut. n. nêma, a thread; N.L. neut. n. leptonema, nominative in apposition

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … lep-to-NE-ma, neuter

Original publication: Reinsch PF. Species ac genera nova algarum aquae dulcis quae sunt inventa in speciminibus in expeditione Vener. transit. hieme 1874-75 in Insula Kerguelensi a clar. Eaton collectis. Journal of the Linnean Society, Botany 1876; 15:205-221.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

Parent taxon: Nostoc Vaucher ex Bornet and Flahault 1886

Assigned by: Reinsch PF. Species ac genera nova algarum aquae dulcis quae sunt inventa in speciminibus in expeditione Vener. transit. hieme 1874-75 in Insula Kerguelensi a clar. Eaton collectis. Journal of the Linnean Society, Botany 1876; 15:205-221.

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Record number: 54217
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