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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species Oscillatoria transvaalensis

Name: Oscillatoria transvaalensis Cholnoky 1955

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: trans.vaa.len’sis. N.L. fem. adj. transvaalensis, referring to Transvaal

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: os-kil-la-TO-ri-a trans-waa-LEN-sis, feminine

Valid publication: Cholnoky BJ. Hydrobiologische untersuchungen in Transvaal I. Vergleichung der herbstlichen Algengemeinschaften in Rayton-vlei und Leeufontein. Hydrobiologia 1955; 7:137-209.

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

Parent taxon: Oscillatoria Vaucher ex Gomont 1892

Assigned by: Cholnoky BJ. Hydrobiologische untersuchungen in Transvaal I. Vergleichung der herbstlichen Algengemeinschaften in Rayton-vlei und Leeufontein. Hydrobiologia 1955; 7:137-209.

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Record number: 46454

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