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| Orthosira W. Smith 1855, p. 8 | |
| Generitype | T: Orthosira spinosa W. Smith 1855 |
| Designated by | Smith (000864) |
| Year Designated | 1855 |
| Nomenclatural status | invalid ? |
| Recent revisions | |
| Comments | Type by monotypy ? Orthographic variant ? Not verified by us; information is from Farr et al. (1979) who state: "It probably was the intention of Smith to describe a new species in Orthoseira Thwaites 1848". |
| Published in |
Smith, W. 1855 (ref. 864) Notes of an excursion to the south of France and the Auvergne in Search of Diatomaceae. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, 2nd series,, Vol:15, 1-9, pl. 1. |