Genus Corynephora

Name: Corynephora Agardh 1824

Category, proposed as: genus, gen. nov.

Etymology: Co.ry.ne’pho.ra. Gr. fem. n. korynê, a club; N.L. fem. adj. suff. -phora, carrying; from Gr. ind. v. pherô, to carry; N.L. fem. n. Corynephora, club-bearer

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): feminine (stem: Corynephor-), ko-ry-NE-p^ho-ra

Type species: Corynephora marina (Lyngbye 1819) Agardh 1824

Valid publication: Agardh CA. Systema algarum. Literis Berlingianis [Berling], Lundae, 1824.

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Chorynephora"; "Corijnephora"; "Corynepbora"; "Corynephem"; "Corynephoria"; "Corynepliora"; "Coryneplmra"; "Gorynephora".
  • 💥 This name is a homonym of Corynephora C.Agardh, 1824 (botanical) [from Catalogue of Life].
  • 🧍 Komarek and Golubic (1990) regard this name as a synonym. 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.
  • 🧍 See also Agardh (1827). Publication: Agardh CA. Aufzählung einiger in den östreichischen Ländern gefundenen neuen Gattungen und Arten von Algen, nebst ihrer Diagnostik und beigefügten Bemerkungen. Flora oder Botanische Zeitung 1827; 10:625-640.
  • 🧍 See also Kuetzing (1843). Publication: Kützing FT. Phycologia generalis oder Anatomie, Physiologie und Systemkunde der Tange. Mit 80 farbig gedruckten Tafeln, gezeichnet und gravirt vom Verfasser. F.A. Brockhaus, Leipzig, 1843.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 4
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 4
Total number of child taxa: 4

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Corynephora baltica (Kützing 1843) Kützing 1858	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Corynephora flaccida Agardh 1827	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Corynephora marina (Lyngbye 1819) Agardh 1824	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Corynephora umbellata Agardh 1827	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name

Parent taxon: Entophysalidaceae Geitler 1925

Assigned by: Komárek J, Golubić S. Guide to the Nomenclature and formal taxonomic treatment of oxyphototroph prokaryotes (Cyanoprokaryotes). Published by the Authors, Třeboň and Boston, 1990.

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Record number: 20488