Species "Scytonema cataracta"

Name: "Scytonema cataracta" Wood 1869

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ca.ta.rac’ta. L. fem. n. cataracta, sluice

Pronunciation, gender: ka-ta-RAK-ta, neuter

Original publication: Wood HC. Prodromus of a study of the freshwater algae of North America. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 1869; 11:119-145.

Nomenclatural status: inaccurate spelling

Taxonomic status: misspelling (and no standing)

Preferred name: "Scytonema cataractae" corrig. Wood 1869

Parent taxon: Scytonema Agardh ex Bornet and Flahault 1886

Assigned by: Wood HC. Prodromus of a study of the freshwater algae of North America. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 1869; 11:119-145.

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Record number: 54270
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