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| Melosira nivalis W. Smith in Greville 1855, p. 259 | |||
| Status | Valid | ||
| Published in | Greville, R.K. 1855 [ref. 001238]. Report on a collection of Diatomaceae made in the district of Braemar by Professor Balfour and Mr. Gerge Lawson. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, 2nd series, 15:252-261, pl. IX. | ||
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| Collector | Assessment of record accuracy | likely accurate | |
| List of nomenclatural synonyms | Melosira distans var. nivalis (W. Smith) Brun 1880 Melosira polymorpha var. nivalis (W. Smith) Bethge 1925 Orthosira nivalis W. Smith in Greville 1855 Aulacoseira distans var. nivalis (W. Smith) Haworth 1990 Lysigonium nivale (W. Smith) Kuntze 1891 Melosira distans var. nivalis (W. Smith) Kirchner 1878 Melosira nivalis W. Smith 1856 Aulacoseira nivalis (W. Smith) J. English & M. Potapova 2009 | ||