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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Variety Calothrix scytonemicola var. major

Name: Calothrix scytonemicola var. major Vasishta 1963

Category: Variety

Proposed as: new variety

Etymology: ma’jor. L. comp. masc./fem. adj. maior, larger; L. comp. fem. adj. major, larger [probably better: maior]

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: KA-lo-thrix sky-to-ne-MI-ko-la MA-jor, feminine

Holotype: Vasishta 16

Valid publication: Vasishta PC. Some new records of the genus Calothrix Ag. from Hosiarpur (Punjab, India). Journal of the Indian Botanical Society 1963; 41:510-515.

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

Parent taxon: Calothrix scytonemicola Tilden 1910

Assigned by: Vasishta PC. Some new records of the genus Calothrix Ag. from Hosiarpur (Punjab, India). Journal of the Indian Botanical Society 1963; 41:510-515.

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Record number: 50492

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