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Research Data

Etymology and Classification of Azygozygum

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Etymology

Scientific name Azygozygum
Gender Neuter
Status of name Legitimate
Type of name Basionym
Rank Genus
Year of publication 1933
Authors C.G.C. Chesters
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Classification

  • Fungi
  • Mucoromyceta
  • Mortierellomycota
  • Mortierellomycotina
  • Mortierellomycetes
  • Mortierellales
  • Mortierellaceae
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Description

Description of Azygozygum

Etymology and Classification

Azygozygum (Gender: Neuter) was scientifically described by C.G.C. Chesters and effectively published in 1933. The name Azygozygum is of type basionym. Azygozygum has the status legitimate.

The scientific classification of Azygozygum is Fungi, Mucoromyceta, Mortierellomycota, Mortierellomycotina, Mortierellomycetes, Mortierellales, Mortierellaceae. For further information, please see C.G.C. Chesters (1933, p. 213).

References

Chesters, C.G.C. 1933. Azygozygum chlamydosporum nov. gen. et sp. A phycomycete associated with a diseased condition of Antirrhinum majus. Transactions of the British Mycological Society. 18(3):199-214

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