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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Variety Dasygloea amorpha var. africana

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Name: Dasygloea amorpha var. africana Fritsch and Rich 1924

Category: Variety

Proposed as: new variety

Etymology: a.fri.ca’na. L. fem. adj. africana, African

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: da-sy-GLO͡E-a a-MOR-pha a-fri-KA-na, feminine

Holotype: Figure 21,f

Valid publication: Fritsch FE, Rich F. Contributions to our knowledge of the freshwater Algae of Africa. 4. Freshwater and subaerial algae from Natal. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa 1924; 11:297-398.

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

Parent taxon: Dasygloea amorpha Berkeley ex Gomont 1892

Assigned by: Fritsch FE, Rich F. Contributions to our knowledge of the freshwater Algae of Africa. 4. Freshwater and subaerial algae from Natal. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa 1924; 11:297-398.

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Record number: 50840

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