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Taxon: Subphylum Diatomeae Caval.-Sm. (1995) - diatoms (alga)
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Authorship

SN2000 author citation:  (F.T. Kützing, 1844) T. Cavalier-Smith, 1995
Original name:  Kützing, F.T. 1844. W. Köhne, Nordhausen: 31.
Subsequent rank:  Cavalier-Smith, T. 1995.
Incorrect (rank-group) authorship:  Dumortier, B.-C. 1822. Comment. Bot.: 71, 97.

Variants

Basionym: Diatomeae ([unranked]) Kütz. (1844)
Different rank: diatoms (Phylum)
Current rank: Diatomea ([unranked]) Kütz. (1844) Ref: S.M. Adl et al., 2012: table 2 (p. 458). [inferred]
Former unranked name: diatoms ([unranked])

Synonyms

Accepted name: Bacillariophyceae (Class) Haeckel (1878)
Accepted name: Bacillariophyta (Phylum) Engl. & Gilg (1919) Ref: S.M. Adl et al., 2005: table 2 (p. 431). [implicit]
In: Khakista (Subphylum) Caval.-Sm. (2000) Ref: M.A. Harper et al., 2012: 147. [inferred]

Vernacular Names (Dutch)

Full name: diatomeeën
: kiezelwieren
: kiezelalgen

Vernacular Names (English)

Full name: diatoms
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