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Species Schizothrix rupicola

Name: Schizothrix rupicola Tilden 1896

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.

Etymology: ru.pi’co.la. L. fem. n. rupes, a rock; L. masc./fem. n. suff. -cola, dweller, inhabitant; from L. masc./fem. n. incola, dweller; N.L. masc./fem. n. rupicola, rock dweller (nominative in apposition)

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: SKHI-zo-thrix ru-PI-ko-la, feminine

Valid publication: Tilden JE. Schizothrix rupicola n. sp. In: Tilden JE (eds), American algae Century II. pp. 101-200, Unknown Publisher, Minneapolis (Minnesota), 1896, p. 175.

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

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Microcoleus rupicola (Tilden 1896) Drouet 1943

  • Notes:
    • ❗ Schizothrix rupicola 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 Schizothrix.
    • 🎓 Name mentioned 0 times in PubMed until 2025-09-23.

Parent taxon: Schizothrix Kützing ex Gomont 1892

Assigned by: Tilden JE. Schizothrix rupicola n. sp. In: Tilden JE (eds), American algae Century II. pp. 101-200, Unknown Publisher, Minneapolis (Minnesota), 1896, p. 175.

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Record number: 43405