Variety Hassallia byssoidea var. polyclados

Name: Hassallia byssoidea var. polyclados Frémy 1927

Category, proposed as: variety, new variety

Etymology: po.ly’cla.dos. Gr. masc. n. klados, branch; N.L. masc. n. polyclados, [probably better: polycladus]

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: has-SAL-li-a bys-so-I-de-a po-LY-kla-dos, feminine

Holotype: Figure 50 in Plate XIV

Valid publication: Frémy P. Les Scytonémacées de la Normandie. Bull. Soc. Linn. Normandie, ser. 7 1927; 9:55-58.

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

Taxonomic status: synonym

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Hassallia byssoidea var. polyclados Frémy 1928	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), illegitimate name
    Tolypothrix byssoidea f. polyclados (Frémy 1927) Geitler 1932	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), distinct rank

• Notes:
  • ❗ Hassallia byssoidea var. polyclados is the correct name instead if this variety is regarded as a separate variety (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another variety whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate species Hassallia byssoidea within a separate genus Hassallia.

Parent taxon: Hassallia byssoidea Hassall ex Bornet and Flahault 1886

Assigned by: Frémy P. Les Scytonémacées de la Normandie. Bull. Soc. Linn. Normandie, ser. 7 1927; 9:55-58.

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