Species Oscillatoria decolorata

Name: Oscillatoria decolorata West 1899

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: de.co.lo.ra’ta. N.L. fem. adj. decolorata, discolored

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: os-kil-la-TO-ri-a de-ko-lo-RA-ta, feminine

Valid publication: West GS. The alga-flora of Cambridgeshire. Journal of Botany 1899; 37:6.

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

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Tychonema decoloratum (West 1899) Anagnostidis and Komárek 1988

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Tychonema decoloratum (West 1899) Anagnostidis and Komárek 1988	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)

Notes:
- ❗ Oscillatoria decolorata 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.
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Parent taxon: Oscillatoria Vaucher ex Gomont 1892

Assigned by: West GS. The alga-flora of Cambridgeshire. Journal of Botany 1899; 37:6.

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Record number: 7093

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