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Name: Pleurocapsa aurantiaca Geitler 1932

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.

Etymology: au.ran.ti’a.ca. N.L. fem. adj. aurantiaca, orange-colored

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: ple͡u-ro-KAP-sa a͡u-ran-TI-a-ka, feminine

Valid publication: Geitler L. Cyanophyceae. In: Rabenhorst L (eds), Kryptogamen-Flora von Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz. Ed. 2, Akademische Verlagsgesellschaft, Leipzig, 1932, p. 1-1196.

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

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Scopulonema aurantiacum (Geitler 1932) Geitler 1942

  • Notes:
    • ❗ Pleurocapsa aurantiaca 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.
    • 🎓 Name mentioned 0 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.

Parent taxon: Pleurocapsa Thuret 1885

Assigned by: Geitler L. Cyanophyceae. In: Rabenhorst L (eds), Kryptogamen-Flora von Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz. Ed. 2, Akademische Verlagsgesellschaft, Leipzig, 1932, p. 1-1196.

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Record number: 44088