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
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Notes:
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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