Name: Chamaesiphon Braun and Grunow 1865

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Cha.mae.si’phon. Gr. masc. n. siphôn, tube, pipe; N.L. masc. n. Chamaesiphon, a cyanobacterial genus

Gender, pronunciation: masculine (stem: Chamaesiphon-), k^ha-ma͡e-SI-p^hon

Type species: Chamaesiphon confervicola Braun and Grunow 1865

Valid publication: Rabenhorst L. Flora europaea algarum aquae dulcis et submarinae. Sectio II. Algas Phycochromaceas complectens. Apud Eduardum Kummerum, Lipsiae, 1865.

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Chamaesiphonopsis Fritsch 1929	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), illegitimate name
    Godlewskia Janczewski 1884	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the class Chamaesiphonophyceae Hollerbach et al. 1953. Publication: Hollerbach MM, Kosinskaya EK, Polyansky VI. Sinezelenye vodorosli. In: Anonymous NN (eds), Opredelitel presnovodnykh vodoroslej SSSR, Sovetskaya Nauka, Moskva, 1953, p. 652.
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the class Chamaesiphonophyceae Starmach 1966. Publication: Starmach K. Cyanophyta-Sinice. Glaucophyta-Glaukofity. In: Starmach K (eds), Flora slodkowodna Polski. Band 2, Panstwowe Wydawnietwo Naukowe, Warszawa, 1966, p. 807.
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family Chamaesiphonaceae Geitler 1925. Publication: Geitler L. Synoptische Darstellung der Cyanophyceen in morphologischer und systematischer Hinsicht. Beihefte zum Botanischen Centralblatt 1925; 41:163-294.
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family Chamaesiphonaceae Borzì 1878. Publication: Borzì A. Note alla morfologia e biologia della Alghe Ficocromacee. Nuovo Giornale Botanico Italiano 1878; 10:236-288.
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family Chamaesiphoneae Ardissone 1886. Publication: Ardissone F. Phycologia mediterranea. Parte IIa. Oosporee-Zoosporee-Schizosporee. Tipografia Maj e Malnati, Varese, 1886.
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family Chamaesiphonaceae corrig. Ardissone 1886. Publication: Ardissone F. Phycologia mediterranea. Parte IIa. Oosporee-Zoosporee-Schizosporee. Tipografia Maj e Malnati, Varese, 1886.
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the subclass "Chamaesiphoneae" Geitler 1925. Publication: Geitler L. Synoptische Darstellung der Cyanophyceen in morphologischer und systematischer Hinsicht. Beihefte zum Botanischen Centralblatt 1925; 41:163-294.
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the subclass "Chamaesiphonophycidae" corrig. Geitler 1925. Publication: Geitler L. Synoptische Darstellung der Cyanophyceen in morphologischer und systematischer Hinsicht. Beihefte zum Botanischen Centralblatt 1925; 41:163-294.
  • 🧕 Boone et al. (2001) assigned this genus to the class "Cyanobacteria". Publication: Garrity GM, Holt JG. The Road Map to the Manual. In: Boone DR, Castenholz RW, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, second edition, vol. 1 (The Archaea and the deeply branching and phototrophic Bacteria), Springer-Verlag, New York, 2001, p. 119-166.
  • 🧕 Borzi (1914) assigned this genus to the tribe "Chamaesiphoneae". Publication: Borzì A. Studi sulle Mixoficee. I. Cenni generali - Systema Myxophycearum. Nuovo Giornale Botanico Italiano 1914; Ser 2 (21):307-360.
  • 🧒 Hansgirg (1884) assigned the section "Sphaerogonium" to this genus. Publication: Hansgirg A. Beiträge zur Kenntniss der böhmischen Thermalalgenflora. Österr. Bot. Z. 1884; 34:276-284.
  • 🧒 Hansgirg (1885) assigned the section "Sphaerogonium" to this genus. Publication: Hansgirg A. Ueber den Polymorphismus der Algen. Botanisches Centralblatt 1885; 22:246-406.
  • 🧒 Hansgirg (1888) assigned the subgenus "Brachythrix" to this genus. Publication: Hansgirg A. Synopsis generum subgenerumque Myxophycearum (Cyanophycearum) hucusque cognitorum cum descriptione generis nov. " Dactylococcopsis ". Notarisia 1888; 3:584-590.
  • 🧒 Komarek and Anagnostidis (1995) assigned the subgenus "Chamaesiphonopsis" (Fritsch 1929) Komárek and Anagnostidis 1995 to this genus. Publication: Komárek J, Anagnostidis K. Nomenclatural novelties in chroococcalean cyanoprokaryotes. Preslia, Praha 1995; 67:15-23.
  • 🧒 Komarek and Anagnostidis (1995) assigned the subgenus Godlewskia (Janczewski 1883) Komárek and Anagnostidis 1995 to this genus. Publication: Komárek J, Anagnostidis K. Nomenclatural novelties in chroococcalean cyanoprokaryotes. Preslia, Praha 1995; 67:15-23.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Chaemisiphon"; "Chamaesiplum"; "Chamagsiphon"; "Chameesiphon"; "Chamesiphon"; "Chamsesiphon"; "Chamzsiphon"; "Ghamesiphon".
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: SP: 1; TNS: 1; FCME: 1.
  • 🧍 Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "CHSF" for this genus name but this does not appear to be of practical relevance any longer. Publication: Pittman KF, Walczak CA, Lock CM. Codes and abbreviations for approved of effectively published names of genera of bacteria published from January 1980 to December 1990. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1991; 41:571-579.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 44
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 52
Total number of child taxa: 56

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Chamaesiphon africanum Schmidle 1902	inaccurate spelling (ICN [Botanical Code])	misspelling
    Chamaesiphon africanus corrig. Schmidle 1902	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Chamaesiphon aggregatus (Janczewski 1884) Geitler 1932	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Chamaesiphon amethystinus (Rostafinski 1883) Lemmermann 1907	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Chamaesiphon britannicus (Fritsch 1927) Komárek and Anagnostidis 1995	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Chamaesiphon carpaticus Starmach 1929	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Chamaesiphon clavatus Setchell and Gardner 1930	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Chamaesiphon confervicola Braun and Grunow 1865	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Chamaesiphon crenothrichoides Zopf 1882	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Chamaesiphon cylindricus Petersen 1923	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Chamaesiphon cylindrosporus Skuja 1948	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Chamaesiphon duranmileri González Guerrero 1946	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Chamaesiphon fallax Geitler 1933	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Chamaesiphon ferrugineus Fritsch 1929	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Chamaesiphon filamentosa Ghose 1924	inaccurate spelling (ICN [Botanical Code])	misspelling
    Chamaesiphon filamentosus corrig. Ghose 1924	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    "Chamaesiphon fuscoviolaceus" Starmach 1969	not validly published	synonym
    Chamaesiphon fuscoviolaceus (Hansgirg 1890) Margalef 1952	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Chamaesiphon fuscus (Rostafinski 1883) Hansgirg 1888	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Chamaesiphon geitleri Luther 1954	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Chamaesiphon gracilis Rabenhorst 1865	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Chamaesiphon halophilus Tavera and Komárek 1996	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Chamaesiphon hemisphaericus Lemmermann 1899	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Chamaesiphon hyalinus Scherffel 1907	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Chamaesiphon incrustans Grunow 1865	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Chamaesiphon investiens Skuja 1964	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Chamaesiphon jaoi Hällfors 1982	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Chamaesiphon komarekii Rott 2008	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Chamaesiphon longus Hällfors and Munsterhjelm 1982	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Chamaesiphon macer Geitler 1925	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Chamaesiphon marinus Wille 1885	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Chamaesiphon minimus Schmidle 1901	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Chamaesiphon minutus (Rostafinski 1883) Lemmermann 1907	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Chamaesiphon mollis Geitler 1933	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Chamaesiphon oncobyrsoides Geitler 1925	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Chamaesiphon palssahtiae Komárek and Watanabe 1998	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Chamaesiphon polonicus (Rostafinski 1883) Hansgirg 1887	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Chamaesiphon polymorphus Geitler 1925	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Chamaesiphon portoricensis Gardner 1927	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Chamaesiphon pseudopolymorphus Fritsch 1929	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Chamaesiphon pylaiellae Jao 1948	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Chamaesiphon regularis (Fritsch 1929) Geitler 1932	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), illegitimate name	synonym
    Chamaesiphon roseus (Reinsch 1875) Hansgirg 1892	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Chamaesiphon rostafinskii Hansgirg 1887	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Chamaesiphon sansibaricum Hieronymus 1895	inaccurate spelling (ICN [Botanical Code])	misspelling
    Chamaesiphon sansibaricus corrig. Hieronymus 1895	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Chamaesiphon schiedermayeri Grunow 1865	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Chamaesiphon sideriphilus Starmach 1929	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Chamaesiphon sphagnicola Maillefer 1906	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Chamaesiphon starmachii Kann 1972	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Chamaesiphon stratosus Sant'Anna et al. 2011	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Chamaesiphon subaequalis Geitler 1970	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Chamaesiphon subglobosus (Rostafinski 1883) Lemmermann 1907	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Chamaesiphon tibeticus Jao 1974	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Chamaesiphon torulosus Borzì 1882	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Chamaesiphon willei Gardner 1927	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym

Parent taxon: Chamaesiphonaceae Borzì 1878

Assigned by: 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.

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