Genus Cirrosiphon

Name: Cirrosiphon Duvigneaud and Symoens 1951

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Cir.ro.si’phon. L. masc. n. cirrus, lock, curl; Gr. masc. n. siphôn, tube; N.L. masc. n. Cirrosiphon, a curled tube

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): masculine (stem: Cirrosiphon-), kir-ro-SI-p^hon

Type species: Cirrosiphon geniculatus Duvigneaud and Symoens 1951

Valid publication: Duvigneaud P, Symoens JJ. Observations sur la strate algale des formations herbeuses du sud du Congo Belge. Lejeunia 1951; 13:67-98.

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

Notes:
- 🧕 Komarek and Golubic (1990) assigned this genus to the family Phormidiaceae Anagnostidis and Komárek 1988. Publication: Komárek J, Golubić S. Guide to the Nomenclature and formal taxonomic treatment of oxyphototroph prokaryotes (Cyanoprokaryotes). Published by the Authors, Třeboň and Boston, 1990.
- 🧕 Komarek and Golubic (1990) assigned this genus to the subfamily "Phormidioideae". Publication: Komárek J, Golubić S. Guide to the Nomenclature and formal taxonomic treatment of oxyphototroph prokaryotes (Cyanoprokaryotes). Published by the Authors, Třeboň and Boston, 1990.
- 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus "Lyngbya" Agardh 1824. Publication: Bourrelly P. Les algues d'eau douce. Initiation à la systématique. Tome III: Les Algues bleues et rouges. Les Eugléniens, Peridiniens et Cryptomonadines. Boubée & Cie, Paris, 1970.
- 🧍 Komarek and Golubic (1990) regard this name as "possibly a special genus of Phormidiaceae". Publication: Komárek J, Golubić S. Guide to the Nomenclature and formal taxonomic treatment of oxyphototroph prokaryotes (Cyanoprokaryotes). Published by the Authors, Třeboň and Boston, 1990.

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: 1

Child taxa:

Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
Cirrosiphon geniculatus Duvigneaud and Symoens 1951	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name

Parent taxon: Oscillatoriaceae Engler 1898

Assigned by: Drouet F. Revision of the classification of the Oscillatoriaceae. Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Monograph 1968; 15:1-370.

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Genus Cirrosiphon