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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species Symplocastrum brittoniae

Name: Symplocastrum brittoniae Gardner 1932

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: brit.to’ni.ae. N.L. gen. fem. n. brittoniae, named to honor Elizabeth Gertrude Britton, American botanist

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: sym-plo-KAS-trum brit-TO-ni-a͡e, neuter

Holotype: 7648

Valid publication: Gardner NL. The Myxophyceae of Porto Rico and the Virgin Islands. In: Anonymous NN (eds), Scientific Survey of Porto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Volume VIII. Part 2, New York Academy of Sciences, New York, 1932, p. 249-311.

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

Parent taxon: Symplocastrum (Gomont 1892) Kirchner 1898

Assigned by: Gardner NL. The Myxophyceae of Porto Rico and the Virgin Islands. In: Anonymous NN (eds), Scientific Survey of Porto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Volume VIII. Part 2, New York Academy of Sciences, New York, 1932, p. 249-311.

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Record number: 44078

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