Species Tolypothrix discoidea

Name: Tolypothrix discoidea (Gardner 1927) Geitler 1932

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Hassallia discoidea Gardner 1927

Etymology: dis.co.i’de.a. L. adj. discoides, quoit-shaped; N.L. fem. adj. discoidea, quoit-shaped

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: to-LY-po-thrix dis-ko-I-de-a, feminine

Holotype: 1870

Valid publication: Geitler L. Cyanophyceae. In: Rabenhorst L (eds), Kryptogamen-Flora von Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz. Ed. 2, Akademische Verlagsgesellschaft, Leipzig, 1932, p. 1-1196.

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

Parent taxon: Tolypothrix Kützing ex Bornet and Flahault 1886

Assigned by: Geitler L. Cyanophyceae. In: Rabenhorst L (eds), Kryptogamen-Flora von Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz. Ed. 2, Akademische Verlagsgesellschaft, Leipzig, 1932, p. 1-1196.

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Record number: 37913

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