Desmonostoc cockrellii Ginn, Y.L.Choi & Merican 2025

Publication Details
Desmonostoc cockrellii Ginn, Y.L.Choi & Merican 2025: 94, figs 1–3

Published in: Ginn, B.L.C., Lau, C.Y., Asma, N.A., Serri, N.A., Broady, P., Convey, P., Muangmai, N. & Merican, F. (2025). Desmonostoc cockrellii sp. nov. (Nostocales, Cyanobacteria): a new record of a subaerophytic species from The Habitat Penang Hill, Malaysia. Fottea 25(1): 91-104.

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Publication date: 2025

Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Desmonostoc is Desmonostoc muscorum (Bornet & Flahault) Hrouzek & S.Ventura.

Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.

Type Information
Type locality: 05°25'32.715"N, 100°16'7.34"E, The Habitat Penang Hill, UNESCO Biosphere Reserve, Penang, Malaysia; (Ginn & al. 2025: 97) Holotype: F. Merican; 20 April 2020; subaerophytic and terrestrial: algal assemblages collected from boulders along trails; USMP; 12364 (dried material) (Ginn & al. 2025: 96, 97)

Eponomy
"The species is named after Reza Cockrell, co–founder and Director of The Habitat Foundation."

Created: 11 February 2025 by G.M. Guiry.

Last updated: 28 April 2025

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 28 April 2025. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 15 June 2025

 
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