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Taxon: Class Xanthophyceae P. Allorge ex Fritsch (1935) - yellow-green algae (alga)
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Authorship

SN2000 author citation:  P. Allorge ex Fritsch, 1935, nom. descript.
Unavailable original name:  Allorge, P. 1930. ("XanthophycĂ©es").
Unavailable original name:  Geitler, 1930. Ă–sterr. Bot. Z. 79: 321. [in syn. Heterokontae].
Original name:  Fritsch, 1935. Struct. & Reprod. Alg. 1: 470.

Attributes

Descriptive name (: nom. descript.) [ICBN/ICN, 2012: Sect. 1, Art. 16.1(b) (>family)] Ref: P.C. Silva, 1980. Regnum vegetabile 103: 91 ("nom. descript.").

Variants

Different rank: Xanthophyta (Phylum) Allorge, in Fritsch (1935)
Former spelling: Xanthophycea (Class) Fritsch (1935) Ref: T. Cavalier-Smith, 2004: table 4.1 (p. 77). [inferred]

Synonyms

Junior synonym: Tribophyceae (Class) Hibberd (1982) Ref: T. Cavalier-Smith, 1986: 340.
Synonymous name: Heterocontae (Class) Ref: F. Weberling & H.O. Schwantes, 1972: 222.
Synonymous name (objective): Heterochlorida (Order) Ref: J.O. Corliss, 1982: 495.
Current name: Tribophyceae (Class) Hibberd (1982)
Vernacular name: xanthophytes ([unranked])

Vernacular Names (Dutch)

Full name: geelgroene wieren

Vernacular Names (English)

Full name: yellow-green algae Ref: T.N. Taylor et al., 2009: App. 1 (p. 1027).
: xanthophytes
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