Etymology:sub.mem.bra.na’ce.a.L. prep.sub, below; L. fem. adj.membranacea, membrane-like, and specific epithet of an Oscillaria [Oscillatoria] species; N.L. fem. adj.submembranacea, below [Oscillatia] membranacea
Valid publication:
Drouet F. Revision of the classification of the Oscillatoriaceae. Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Monograph 1968; 15:1-370.
Nomenclatural status:
validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)