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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species Symplocastrum torsivum

Name: Symplocastrum torsivum Pietrasiak and Johansen 2014

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: tor.si’vum. L. masc. perf. part. tortus, a twisting winding coil; N.L. neut. adj. torsivum, intended to mean spirally twisted

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: sym-plo-KAS-trum tor-SI-wum, neuter

Holotype: BRY 37763

Valid publication: Pietrasiak N, et al. Phylogenetic placement of Symplocastrum (Phormidiaceae, Cyanophyceae) with a new combination S. californicum and two new species: S. flechtnerae and S. torsivum. Phycologia 2014; 53:529-541. 🇺🇸

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

Parent taxon: Symplocastrum (Gomont 1892) Kirchner 1898

Assigned by: Pietrasiak N, et al. Phylogenetic placement of Symplocastrum (Phormidiaceae, Cyanophyceae) with a new combination S. californicum and two new species: S. flechtnerae and S. torsivum. Phycologia 2014; 53:529-541. 🇺🇸

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Record number: 37775

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