Name: Chamaesiphonopsis Fritsch 1929

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Gr. fem. n. opsis, appearance; N.L. fem. n. Chamaesiphonopsis

Gender: feminine (stem: Chamaesiphonopsid-)

Type species: Chamaesiphonopsis regularis Fritsch 1929

Valid publication: Fritsch FE. The encrusting algal communities of certain fast-flowing streams. New Phytologist 1929; 28:165-195.

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

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Chamaesiphon Braun and Grunow 1864

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Godlewskia Janczewski 1884	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
    Chamaesiphon Braun and Grunow 1864	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)

• Notes:
  • 🚂 For the type species of this genus another name is in use, which is affiliated with the genus Chamaesiphon Braun and Grunow 1864. 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: "Chamaesiflsonopsis"; "Chamaesiphonapsis".
  • 🧍 Chamaesiphonopsis Fritsch 1929 is illegitimate because the name of its type species is illegitimate. Publication: McNeill J, Barrie FR, Buck WR, Demoulin V, Greuter W, Hawksworth DL, Herendeen PS, Knapp S, Marhold K, Prado J, et al. International Code of Nomenclature for Algae, Fungi and Plants (Melbourne Code). Koeltz Scientific Books, Königstein, 2012.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 1
Total number of child taxa: 1

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Chamaesiphonopsis regularis Fritsch 1929	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), illegitimate name	synonym

Parent taxon: Chamaesiphonaceae Borzì 1878

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: 6526