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Species Oscillatoria subgeminata

Name: Oscillatoria subgeminata Archibald 1967

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.

Etymology: sub.ge.mi.na’ta. L. fem. perf. part. geminata, paired, doubed; N.L. fem. part. adj. subgeminata

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: os-kil-la-TO-ri-a sub-ge-mi-NA-ta, feminine

Holotype: figurae nostrae 12 et 13

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: synonym

Correct name: Limnothrix subgeminata (Archibald 1967) Anagnostidis 2001

  • Notes:
    • ❗ Oscillatoria subgeminata 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 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: 27532