Species Oscillatoria priestleyi

Name: Oscillatoria priestleyi West and West 1911

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: pries.tley’i. N.L. gen. masc. n. priestleyi, probably named in honor of Joseph Hubert Priestley, British botanist

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: os-kil-la-TO-ri-a pries-TLEY-i, feminine

Valid publication: West W, West GS. Part VII. Freshwater algae. In: Murray J (eds), British Antarctic Expedition 1907-9. Vol. 1 Biology, William Heinemann, London, 1911, p. 264-298.

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

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Phormidium pseudopriestleyi Anagnostidis and Komárek 1988

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 1
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 1
Total number of child taxa: 1

Parent taxon: Oscillatoria Vaucher ex Gomont 1892

Assigned by: West W, West GS. Part VII. Freshwater algae. In: Murray J (eds), British Antarctic Expedition 1907-9. Vol. 1 Biology, William Heinemann, London, 1911, p. 264-298.

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Record number: 7131

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