Species Pleurocapsa minuta

Name: Pleurocapsa minuta Geitler 1932

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: mi.nu’ta. L. fem. part. adj. minuta, little, small, minute

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: ple͡u-ro-KAP-sa mi-NU-ta, 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 minutum (Geitler 1932) Geitler 1942

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Scopulonema minutum (Geitler 1932) Geitler 1942	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)

Notes:
- ❗ Pleurocapsa minuta 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: 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: 44089

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Species Pleurocapsa minuta