Species Plectonema batrachosperma

Name: Plectonema batrachosperma corrig. Starmach 1957

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ba.tra.cho.sper’ma. Gr. neut. n. sperma, seed; N.L. neut. n. batrachosperma, nominative in apposition

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: plek-to-NE-ma ba-tra-k^ho-SPER-ma, neuter

Holotype: Figure 1a-h

Valid publication: Starmach K. Plectonema Batrachospermum sp. n. Acta Soc. Bot. Polon. 1957; 26:568.

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

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Pseudophormidium batrachosperma corrig. (Starmach 1957) Anagnostidis and Komárek 1988

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Pseudophormidium batrachosperma corrig. (Starmach 1957) Anagnostidis and Komárek 1988	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
Pseudophormidium batrachospermi (Starmach 1957) Anagnostidis and Komárek 1988	homotypic synonym, inaccurate spelling (ICN [Botanical Code])
Plectonema batrachospermi Starmach 1957	other spelling of name, inaccurate spelling (ICN [Botanical Code])

Notes:
- ❗ Plectonema batrachosperma 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 Plectonema.
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Parent taxon: Plectonema Thuret ex Gomont 1892

Assigned by: Starmach K. Plectonema Batrachospermum sp. n. Acta Soc. Bot. Polon. 1957; 26:568.

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Record number: 27322

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