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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Variety Nostoc sphaericum var. cylindrosporum

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Name: Nostoc sphaericum var. cylindrosporum Hirose 1962

Category: Variety

Proposed as: new variety

Etymology: cy.lin.dro’spo.rum. N.L. neut. adj. suff. -sporum; N.L. neut. adj. cylindrosporum, cylinder-spored

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: NOS-tok SPHA͡E-ri-kum ky-lin-DRO-spo-rum, neuter

Valid publication: Hirose H. On the genus Nostoc Vaucher of Japan. Acta Phytotaxonomica et Geobotanica 1962; 20:296-307.

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

Parent taxon: Nostoc sphaericum Vaucher ex Bornet and Flahault 1886

Assigned by: Hirose H. On the genus Nostoc Vaucher of Japan. Acta Phytotaxonomica et Geobotanica 1962; 20:296-307.

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Record number: 56178

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