Name: Spirulina amethystina Buell 1938

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: a.me.thys’ti.na. L. fem. adj. amethystina, of the color of amethyst

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: spi-ru-LI-na a-me-THYS-ti-na, feminine

Holotype: Figure 8

Valid publication: Buell HF. A community of blue-green algae in a Minnesota pond. Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 1938; 65:377-396.

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

Parent taxon: Spirulina Turpin ex Gomont 1892

Assigned by: Buell HF. A community of blue-green algae in a Minnesota pond. Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 1938; 65:377-396.

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Record number: 43946

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