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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species Oscillatoria biswasii

Name: Oscillatoria biswasii Kamat 1963

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: bis.wa’si.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. biswasii, named after Prof. K. Biswas, Calcutta, India

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: os-kil-la-TO-ri-a bis-WA-si-i, feminine

Holotype: K 381

Valid publication: Kamat ND. The algae of Kolhapur, India. Hydrobiologia 1963; 22:209-305.

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

Parent taxon: Oscillatoria Vaucher ex Gomont 1892

Assigned by: Kamat ND. The algae of Kolhapur, India. Hydrobiologia 1963; 22:209-305.

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Record number: 43351

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