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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species Schizothrix atacamensis

Name: Schizothrix atacamensis Schwabe 1960

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: a.ta.ca.men’sis. N.L. fem. adj. atacamensis, pertaining to the Atacama Desert, Chile

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: SKHI-zo-thrix a-ta-ka-MEN-sis, feminine

Valid publication: Schwabe GH. Zur autotrophen Vegetation in ariden Böden. Blaualgen und Lebensraum IV. Österreichische Botanische Zeitschrift 1960; 107:281-309.

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

Parent taxon: Schizothrix Kützing ex Gomont 1892

Assigned by: Schwabe GH. Zur autotrophen Vegetation in ariden Böden. Blaualgen und Lebensraum IV. Österreichische Botanische Zeitschrift 1960; 107:281-309.

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Record number: 42061

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