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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species Phormidium truncicola

Name: Phormidium truncicola Ghose 1924

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: trun.ci’co.la. L. masc. n. truncus, stem of a tree; L. masc./fem. n. suff. -cola, dweller, inhabitant; from L. masc./fem. n. incola, dweller; N.L. masc./fem. n. truncicola, dweller of a tree stem (nominative in apposition)

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … trun-KI-ko-la, neuter

Valid publication: Ghose SL. A systematic and ecological account of a collection of blue-green algae from Lahore and Simla. Journal of the Linnean Society (Botany) 1924; 46:333-346.

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

Parent taxon: Phormidium Kützing ex Gomont 1892

Assigned by: Ghose SL. A systematic and ecological account of a collection of blue-green algae from Lahore and Simla. Journal of the Linnean Society (Botany) 1924; 46:333-346.

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Record number: 38586
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