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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species Sphaerospermopsis reniformis

Name: Sphaerospermopsis reniformis (Lemmermann 1898) Zapomělová et al. 2010

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Anabaena reniformis Lemmermann 1898

Etymology: re.ni.for’mis. L. masc. pl. n. renes, the kidneys; L. fem. n. forma, form, shape; N.L. fem. adj. reniformis, shaped like a kidney

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: spha͡e-ros-perm-OP-sis re-ni-FOR-mis, feminine

Valid publication: Zapomelová E, Jezberová J, Hrouzek P, Hisem D, Reháková K, Komárková J. Nomenclatural Note: Polyphasic characterization of three strains of Anabaena reniformis and Aphanizomenon aphanizomenoides (cyanobacteria) and their reclassification to Sphaerospermum gen. nov. (incl. Anabaena kisseleviana) (45: 1363-73). Journal of Phycology 2010; 46:415. 🇨🇿

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

Parent taxon: Sphaerospermopsis Zapomělová et al. 2010

Assigned by: Zapomelová E, Jezberová J, Hrouzek P, Hisem D, Reháková K, Komárková J. Nomenclatural Note: Polyphasic characterization of three strains of Anabaena reniformis and Aphanizomenon aphanizomenoides (cyanobacteria) and their reclassification to Sphaerospermum gen. nov. (incl. Anabaena kisseleviana) (45: 1363-73). Journal of Phycology 2010; 46:415. 🇨🇿

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Record number: 7104

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