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| Nitzschia A.H. Hassall 1845, pg. 435 | |
| Generitype | T: Nitzschia elongata A.H. Hassall 1845. Nom. illeg. (= Bacillaria sigmoidea C.L. Nitzsch 1817, N. sigmoidea (C.L. Nitzsch) W.Smith 1853) |
| Designated by | ICBN 1956 (ref. 006916), p. 201 |
| Year Designated | 1956 |
| Nomenclatural status | nom. cons. |
| Recent revisions | Hasle 1964 (ref. 002451), Hasle 1965 (ref. 002452, 002453) |
| Comments | Name conserved vs. Sigmatella Kutzing 1833 (nom. rej. nomenclatural synonym) and Homoeocladia Agardh 1927 (nom. rej., taxonomic synonym) (see ICBN 1956, p. 201, ref. 006916). Originally monotypic. |
| Published in |
Hassall, A.H. 1845 (ref. 469) A history of the British Freshwater Algae (including descriptions of the Diatomaceae and Desmidiaceae) with upwards of one hundred Plates. I. Text. Taylor, Walton, and Maberly, London. 462 pp. |