Name: Epiphytaceae corrig. Kordé 1959

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov.

Etymology: N.L. fem. pl. n. Epiphytaceae, the Epiphyton family

Gender: feminine

Type genus: Epiphyton Bornemann 1887

Valid publication: Kordé KB. The morphology and systematic position of representatives of the genus Epiphyton. Doklady of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR. Earth Sciences Sections 1959; 126:603-606.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Chabakoviaceae Korde 1973	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
    Epiphytonaceae Kordé 1959	other spelling of name, inaccurate spelling (ICN [Botanical Code])

• Notes:
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Epiphyfaceae".

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 6
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 7
Total number of child taxa: 7

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Chabakovia Vologdin 1939	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Epiphyton Bornemann 1887	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Filaria Korde 1973	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Kosvophyton Korde 1973	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Ludlovia Korde 1973	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Palaeoumbellula Molinari and Guiry 2021	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Umbellula Korde 1973	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), illegitimate name	synonym

Parent taxon: [Cyanophyceae, not assigned to order]

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Record number: 39574