Name: Spirulina platensis var. tenuis Rao 1937

Category: Variety

Proposed as: new variety

Etymology: te’nu.is. L. fem. adj. tenuis, delicate

Pronunciation, gender: TE-nu-is, feminine

Holotype: Figure 7,a-b

Valid publication: Rao CB. The Myxophyceae of the United Provinces, India - III. Proceedings of the Indian Academy of Sciences B 1937; 6:339-375.

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

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Arthrospira platensis var. tenuis (Rao 1937) Desikachary 1959

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Arthrospira platensis var. tenuis (Rao 1937) Desikachary 1959	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)

• Notes:
  • ❗ Spirulina platensis var. tenuis 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 Spirulina platensis within a separate genus Spirulina.

Parent taxon: Spirulina platensis Geitler 1925

Assigned by: Rao CB. The Myxophyceae of the United Provinces, India - III. Proceedings of the Indian Academy of Sciences B 1937; 6:339-375.

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Record number: 42863