Species Oncobyrsa ericetorum

Name: Oncobyrsa ericetorum (Kützing 1845) Rabenhorst 1865

Category, proposed as: species, comb. nov.

Basonym: Hydrococcus ericetorum Kützing 1845

Etymology: e.ri.ce.to’rum. N.L. neut. n. Ericetum, a botanical genus; N.L. gen. neut. pl. n. ericetorum, probably meaning of Ericeta species

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: on-ko-BYR-sa e-ri-ke-TO-rum, feminine

Valid publication: Rabenhorst L. Flora europaea algarum aquae dulcis et submarinae. Sectio II. Algas phycochromaceas complectens. Apud Eduardum Kummerum, Lipsiae, 1865.

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

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Hydrococcus ericetorum Kützing 1845

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Hydrococcus ericetorum Kützing 1845	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)

• Notes:
  • ❗ Oncobyrsa ericetorum 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 Oncobyrsa.
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Parent taxon: Oncobyrsa Agardh 1827

Assigned by: Rabenhorst L. Flora europaea algarum aquae dulcis et submarinae. Sectio II. Algas phycochromaceas complectens. Apud Eduardum Kummerum, Lipsiae, 1865.

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Record number: 54152