Name: Arthrosiphon Kützing ex Frank 1886

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Ar.thro.si’phon. Gr. neut. n. arthron, a joint; Gr. masc. n. siphôn, tube; N.L. masc. n. Arthrosiphon, a jointed tube

Gender, pronunciation: masculine (stem: Arthrosiphon-), ar-thro-SI-phon

Type species: Arthrosiphon grevillei corrig. Kützing ex Frank 1886

Valid publication: Frank AB. Dr. Johannes Leunis Synopsis der Pflanzenkunde. Aufl. 3. Band. 3 Specielle Botanik. Kryptogamen. Hahn'sche Buchhandlung, Hannover, 1886.

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 1
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 1
Total number of child taxa: 2

Parent taxon: Scytonemataceae corrig. Frank 1886

Assigned by: Geitler L. Schizophyta: Klasse Schizophyceae. In: Engler A, Prantl K (eds), Die natürlichen Pflanzenfamilien, Zweite Auflage. Vol. 1b, Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig, 1942, p. 1-232.

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Record number: 48714
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