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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Variety Anabaena sphaerica var. macrosperma

Name: Anabaena sphaerica var. macrosperma Bornet and Flahault 1886

Category: Variety

Proposed as: new variety

Etymology: ma.cro.sper’ma. Gr. neut. n. sperma, seed; N.L. fem. adj. macrosperma, having large seeds

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: a-na-BA͡E-na SPHA͡E-ri-ka ma-kro-SPER-ma, feminine

Holotype: no figure

Valid publication: Bornet É, Flahault C. Revision des Nostocacées hétérocystées contenues dans les principaux herbiers de France (quatrième et dernier fragment). Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Botanique, Septième Série 1886; 7:177-262.

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

Parent taxon: Anabaena sphaerica Bornet and Flahault 1886

Assigned by: Bornet É, Flahault C. Revision des Nostocacées hétérocystées contenues dans les principaux herbiers de France (quatrième et dernier fragment). Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Botanique, Septième Série 1886; 7:177-262.

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Record number: 50256

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