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Species Oscillatoria curviceps

Name: Oscillatoria curviceps Agardh ex Gomont 1892

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.

Etymology: cur’vi.ceps. L. masc. adj. curvus, bent; L. adj. suff. -ceps, head; N.L. fem. adj. curviceps, having a bent head

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: os-kil-la-TO-ri-a KUR-wi-keps, feminine

Holotype: CBFS A-124; CCALA 1133

Valid publication: Gomont M. Monographie des Oscillariées (Nostocacées Homocystées). Deuxième partie. - Lyngbyées. Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Botanique, Série 7 1892; 16:91-264.

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

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Tenebriella curviceps (Agardh ex Gomont 1892) Hauerová et al. 2021

  • Notes:
    • ❗ Oscillatoria curviceps 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 Oscillatoria.
    • 🎓 Name mentioned 3 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 2
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 2
Total number of child taxa: 2

Parent taxon: Oscillatoria Vaucher ex Gomont 1892

Assigned by: Gomont M. Monographie des Oscillariées (Nostocacées Homocystées). Deuxième partie. - Lyngbyées. Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Botanique, Série 7 1892; 16:91-264.

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Record number: 7003