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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species Symplocastrum corticiculum

Name: Symplocastrum corticiculum Branco et al. 2006

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: cor.ti.ci’cu.lum. L. masc./fem. n. cortex, bark, skin, shell (gen. corticis); N.L. neut. adj. corticiculum, probably intended to mean inhabiting bark [probably better: corticicola]

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … kor-ti-KI-ku-lum, neuter

Holotype: positus in Herbarium SJRP, UNESP, Brasilia; SJRP 26907

Valid publication: Branco LHZ, Azevdo MTP, Sant'Anna CL, Komárek J. New morphospecies of Symplocastrum (Phormidiaceae, Oscillatoriales) from aerophytic habitats in Brazil. Algological Studies/Archiv für Hydrobiologie, Supplement Volumes 2006; 121:23-33. 🇧🇷

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

Parent taxon: Symplocastrum (Gomont 1892) Kirchner 1898

Assigned by: Branco LHZ, Azevdo MTP, Sant'Anna CL, Komárek J. New morphospecies of Symplocastrum (Phormidiaceae, Oscillatoriales) from aerophytic habitats in Brazil. Algological Studies/Archiv für Hydrobiologie, Supplement Volumes 2006; 121:23-33. 🇧🇷

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Record number: 37785
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