Species Nostoc paradoxum

Name: Nostoc paradoxum Welwitsch ex West and West 1897

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: pa.ra.do’xum. Gr. neut. adj. paradoxon, contrary to expectation, incredible, strange; N.L. neut. adj. paradoxum, incredible, strange

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … pa-ra-DO-ksum, neuter

Valid publication: West W, West GS. Welwitsch's African freshwater algae. Journal of Botany, British and Foreign 1897; 35:1-7.

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

Parent taxon: Nostoc Vaucher ex Bornet and Flahault 1886

Assigned by: West W, West GS. Welwitsch's African freshwater algae. Journal of Botany, British and Foreign 1897; 35:1-7.

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Record number: 52009
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