Name: Camptylonemopsis Desikachary 1948

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Camp.ty.lo.nem.op’sis. N.L. neut. n. Camptylonema, a cyanobacterial genus; Gr. fem. n. opsis, aspect, appearance; N.L. fem. n. Camptylonemopsis, that which appears similar to Camptylonema

Gender, pronunciation: feminine (stem: Camptylonemopsid-), kamp-ty-lo-nem-OP-sis

Type species: Camptylonemopsis lahorensis (Ghose 1920) Desikachary 1948

Valid publication: Desikachary TV. On Camptylonema indicum Schmidle and Camptylonemopsis gen. nov. Proceedings of the Indian Academy of Sciences, Section B 1948; 28:35-50.

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family Camptylonemopsidaceae Dutt et al. 1975. Publication: Dutt AK, Datta TK, Gupta KK. Studies on high altitude saxicolous Cyanophyta. III. On the morphology of Camptylonemopsis boldii sp. Nov. Phyton (Buenos Aires) 1975; 33:65-68.
  • 🧕 Dutt et al. (1975) assigned this genus to the family Camptylonemopsidaceae Dutt et al. 1975. Publication: Dutt AK, Datta TK, Gupta KK. Studies on high altitude saxicolous Cyanophyta. III. On the morphology of Camptylonemopsis boldii sp. Nov. Phyton (Buenos Aires) 1975; 33:65-68.
  • 🧕 Hoffmann et al. (2005) assigned this genus to the family Microchaetaceae Lemmermann 1907. Publication: Hoffmann L, Komárek J, Kaštovský J. System of cyanoprokaryotes (cyanobacteria) – state in 2004. Algol. Stud. 2005; 117:95-115.
  • 🧕 Strunecky et al. (2023) assigned this genus to the family Leptobasaceae Elenkin 1917. Publication: Strunecky O, Ivanova AP, Mares J. An updated classification of cyanobacterial orders and families based on phylogenomic and polyphasic analysis. J Phycol 2023; 59:12-51.
  • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Campylonema corrig. Schmidle 1900. Publication: Ghose SL. Campylonema lahorense, a new member of the Scytonemaceae. New. PhytoL 1920; 19:35-39.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Camptolonemopsis"; "Camptyfonemopsis"; "Camptylonemepsis"; "Camptylonemospsis"; "Camptylonemposis"; "Camtpylonemopsis"; "Camtylonemopsis"; "Captylonemopsis"; "Catdptylonemopsis"; "Gamptylonemopsis"; "Uamptylonemopsis".

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 9
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 11
Total number of child taxa: 12

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Camptylonemopsis boldii" Dutt et al. 1975	not validly published	preferred name
    Camptylonemopsis danilovii (Hollerbach 1935) Desikachary 1948	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Camptylonemopsis epibryos Komárek 2003	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Camptylonemopsis iyengarii Desikachary 1948	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Camptylonemopsis lahorensis (Ghose 1920) Desikachary 1948	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Camptylonemopsis major Tseng and Hua 1983	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Camptylonemopsis minor Desikachary 1948	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Camptylonemopsis paperai Subrahmanyam 1973	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Camptylonemopsis pulneyensis Desikachary 1948	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Camptylonemopsis semiaquatica Subrahmanyam 1973	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Camptylonemopsis sennae Komárek 2003	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Camptylonemopsis umida (Čado 1958) Komárek 1989	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name

Parent taxon: Nostocaceae Eichler 1886

Assigned by: Komárek J, Kaštovský J, Mareš J, Johansen JR. Taxonomic classification of cyanoprokaryotes (cyanobacterial genera) 2014, using a polyphasic approach. Preslia 2014; 86:295-335.

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Record number: 6426