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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Variety Oscillatoria terebriformis var. tenera

Name: Oscillatoria terebriformis var. tenera Nygaard 1932

Category: Variety

Proposed as: new variety

Etymology: te’ne.ra. L. masc. adj. tener, tender; L. fem. adj. tenera, delicate

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: os-kil-la-TO-ri-a te-re-bri-FOR-mis TE-ne-ra, feminine

Holotype: 35

Valid publication: Nygaard G. Contributions to our knowledge of the freshwater algae of Africa. Freshwater algae and phytoplankton from the Transvaal. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa 1932; 20:101-148.

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

Parent taxon: Oscillatoria terebriformis Agardh ex Gomont 1892

Assigned by: Nygaard G. Contributions to our knowledge of the freshwater algae of Africa. Freshwater algae and phytoplankton from the Transvaal. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa 1932; 20:101-148.

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Record number: 50495

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