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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species Petalonema simmeri

Name: Petalonema simmeri (Schmidle 1899) Migula 1905

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Scytonema simmeri Schmidle 1899

Etymology: sim’me.ri. N.L. gen. masc. n. simmeri, referring to Simmer

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: pe-ta-lo-NE-ma SIM-me-ri, neuter

Valid publication: Migula W. Kryptogamen-Flora von Deutschland, Deutsch-Österreich und der Schweiz. Band II. Algen. 1. Teil. Cyanophyceae, Diatomaceae, Chlorophyceae. H. Bergmühler, Berlin, 1905.

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

Parent taxon: Petalonema Berkeley ex Correns 1889

Assigned by: Migula W. Kryptogamen-Flora von Deutschland, Deutsch-Österreich und der Schweiz. Band II. Algen. 1. Teil. Cyanophyceae, Diatomaceae, Chlorophyceae. H. Bergmühler, Berlin, 1905.

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Record number: 49967

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