Species Pleurocapsa amethystea

Name: Pleurocapsa amethystea Rosenvinge 1893

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: a.me.thys’te.a. N.L. fem. adj. amethystea, of the color of amethyst

Gender: feminine

Valid publication: Rosenvinge LK. Grønlands Havalger. Meddelelser om Grønland 1893; 3:763-981.

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

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Chroococcopsis amethystea (Rosenvinge 1893) Geitler 1925

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Chroococcopsis amethystea (Rosenvinge 1893) Geitler 1925	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)

Notes:
- ❗ Pleurocapsa amethystea 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 Pleurocapsa.
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Parent taxon: Pleurocapsa Thuret 1885

Assigned by: Rosenvinge LK. Grønlands Havalger. Meddelelser om Grønland 1893; 3:763-981.

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Record number: 54111

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