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Posidonia
K.D.Koenig (1805)
(plant)
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Entity:
Posidoniaceae (Family)
..Posidonia (Genus)
....Posidonia oceanica (Species)
Authorship
SN2000 author citation
:
K.D. König, 1805, nom. cons.
Original name
:
König, K. 1805. Ann. Bot. (König & Sims) 2: 95.
Original rank
:
Original spelling
:
Etymology
Derived name
:
Posidoniimonas
(Genus)
Kohn
et al.
2020
Ref:
LPSN, 2020-present
: [16 Apr 2026].
Attributes
Conserved name (nom. cons. [prop.]) [ICBN/ICN, 2012: Art. 14, Rec. 50E.1, App. II-IV]
Ref:
J. McNeill et al. (eds.), 2006.
Int. Code Bot. Nomencl.
(Vienna Code)
: App. III (p. 278).
Types
Type of
:
Posidoniaceae
(Family)
Vines (1895), nom. cons.
Type
:
Posidonia caulini
König, nom. illeg.
Synonyms
Senior subjective synonym
:
Alga
(Genus)
Boehm. (1760), nom. rej.
Ref:
J. McNeill et al. (eds.), 2006
: App. III (p. 278).
Rejected heterotypic synonym
:
Alga
(Genus)
Boehm. (1760), nom. rej.
Ref:
J. McNeill et al. (eds.), 2006
: App. III (p. 278).
Synonymous name
:
†
Caulinites
(Genus)
Brongn. (1828)
Ref:
PBDB
: 10 Feb 2020.
Synonymous name
:
Posidonomya
(Genus)
Bronn, 1834
Ref:
PBDB
: 27 Oct 2013.
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