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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species Sorospora ralfsii

Name: Sorospora ralfsii (Harvey 1841) Hassall 1845

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Etymology: ralf’si.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. ralfsii, named in honor of John Ralfs, English botanist

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: so-RO-spo-ra RALF-si-i, feminine

Valid publication: Hassall AH. A History of the British Freshwater Algae Volume 1. Highley, London, 1845.

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

Parent taxon: Sorospora Hassall 1845

Assigned by: Hassall AH. A History of the British Freshwater Algae Volume 1. Highley, London, 1845.

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Record number: 54788

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