Species Symplocastrum fragile

Name: Symplocastrum fragile (Kützing ex Gomont 1892) Migula 1905

Category, proposed as: species, comb. nov.

Basonym: Schizothrix fragilis Kützing ex Gomont 1892

Etymology: fra’gi.le. L. neut. adj. fragile, frail

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: sym-plo-KAS-trum FRA-gi-le, neuter

Valid publication: Migula W. Kryptogamen-Flora von Deutschland, Deutsch-Österreich und der Schweiz. Band II. Algen. 1. Teil. Cyanophyceae, Diatomaceae, Chlorophyceae. H. Bergmühler, Berlin, 1905.

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

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Schizothrix fragilis Kützing ex Gomont 1892

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Symplocastrum fragile (Kützing ex Gomont 1892) Forti 1907	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), illegitimate name
    Schizothrix fragilis Kützing ex Gomont 1892	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)

• Notes:
  • ❗ Symplocastrum fragile is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Symplocastrum.
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Parent taxon: Symplocastrum (Gomont 1892) Kirchner 1898

Assigned by: Migula W. Kryptogamen-Flora von Deutschland, Deutsch-Österreich und der Schweiz. Band II. Algen. 1. Teil. Cyanophyceae, Diatomaceae, Chlorophyceae. H. Bergmühler, Berlin, 1905.

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Record number: 50827