Species Tolypothrix scytonematoides

Name: Tolypothrix scytonematoides (Gardner 1927) Geitler 1932

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Hassallia scytonematoides Gardner 1927

Etymology: scy.to.ne.ma.to.i’des. N.L. neut. n. Scytonema, a cyanobacterial genus; L. adj. suff. -oides, resembling, similar; from Gr. neut. adj. suff. -eides, resembling, similar; from Gr. neut. n. eîdos, that which is seen, form, shape, figure; N.L. fem. adj. scytonematoides, resembling Scytonema

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … sky-to-ne-ma-to-I-des, feminine

Holotype: NY 1087 a

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: 37912
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