Name: Tetrapedia morsa West and West 1895

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: mor’sa. L. fem. part. adj. morsa, bitten (masculine morsus also as noun and genitive noun)

Pronunciation, gender: MOR-sa, feminine

Valid publication: West W, West GS. A contribution to our knowledge of the freshwater algae of Madagascar. Transactions of the Linnean Society of Botany, London 1895; 5:41-90.

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

Parent taxon: Tetrapedia Reinsch 1867

Assigned by: West W, West GS. A contribution to our knowledge of the freshwater algae of Madagascar. Transactions of the Linnean Society of Botany, London 1895; 5:41-90.

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Record number: 50883
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