Name: Plectonema notatum var. africanum Fritsch and Rich 1929

Category: Variety

Proposed as: new variety

Etymology: a.fri.ca’num. L. neut. adj. africanum, African

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … a-fri-KA-num, neuter

Valid publication: Fritsch FE, Rich F. Contributions to our knowledge of freshwater algae of Africa. 7. Freshwater algae (exclusive of diatoms) from Griqualand West. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa 1929; 18:1-92.

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

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Leptolyngbya notata var. africana (Fritsch and Rich 1929) Umezaki and Watanabe 1994

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Leptolyngbya notata var. africana (Fritsch and Rich 1929) Umezaki and Watanabe 1994	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)

• Notes:
  • ❗ Plectonema notatum var. africanum 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 Plectonema notatum within a separate genus Plectonema.

Parent taxon: Plectonema notatum Schmidle 1901

Assigned by: Fritsch FE, Rich F. Contributions to our knowledge of freshwater algae of Africa. 7. Freshwater algae (exclusive of diatoms) from Griqualand West. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa 1929; 18:1-92.

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Record number: 30064