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Species Oscillatoria hameloides

Name: Oscillatoria hameloides Archibald 1967

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.

Etymology: ha.me.lo.i’des. N.L. gen. masc. n. hamelii, named to honor Gontran Hamel, French botanist, and specific epithet of an Oscillatoria species; L. adj. suff. -oides, resembling, similar; from Gr. neut. adj. suff. -eides, resembling, similar; from Gr. neut. n. eîdos, that which is seen, form, shape, figure; N.L. fem. adj. hameloides, resembling [Oscillatoria] hameloides

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: os-kil-la-TO-ri-a ha-me-lo-I-des, feminine

Holotype: Figure 14-16

Valid publication: Archibald CGM. Some new and Interesting Cyanophytes from the Kowie River System in the Eastern Cape Province (South Africa). Nova Hedwigia 1967; 12:529-538.

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

  • Notes:
    • 🎓 Name mentioned 0 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.

Parent taxon: Oscillatoria Vaucher ex Gomont 1892

Assigned by: Archibald CGM. Some new and Interesting Cyanophytes from the Kowie River System in the Eastern Cape Province (South Africa). Nova Hedwigia 1967; 12:529-538.

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Record number: 34120