Name: Epiphyton Bornemann 1887

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: E.pi’phy.ton. Gr. prep. epi, on (also as adverb); Gr. neut. n. phyton, plant; N.L. neut. n. Epiphyton, an organism on a plant

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): neuter (stem: Epiphyt-), e-PI-p^hy-ton

Type species: Epiphyton flabellatum Bornemann 1887

Valid publication: Bornemann JG. Die Versteinerungen des Cambrischen Schichtensystems der Insel Sardinien nebst vergleichenden Untersuchungen über analoge Vorkommnisse aus andern Ländern. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich Leopoldinisch-Carolinischen Deutschen Akademie der Naturforscher 1887; 51:1-148.

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family Epiphytaceae corrig. Kordé 1959. Publication: Kordé KB. The morphology and systematic position of representatives of the genus Epiphyton. Doklady of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR. Earth Sciences Sections 1959; 126:603-606.
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family Epiphytonaceae Kordé 1959. Publication: Kordé KB. The morphology and systematic position of representatives of the genus Epiphyton. Doklady of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR. Earth Sciences Sections 1959; 126:603-606.
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the order Epiphytales Korde 1973. Publication: Korde KB. Vodorosli Kembriya [Cambrian Algae]. Trudy Paleontologicheskogo instituta Akademii Nauk SSSR 1973; 139:1-349.
  • 🧕 Korde (1973) assigned this genus to the order Epiphytales Korde 1973. Publication: Korde KB. Vodorosli kembrija [Cambrian Algae]. Trudy Paleontologicheskogo instituta Akademii Nauk SSSR 1973; 139:1-349.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Eniphyton"; "Epfphyton"; "Epiphyfon"; "Epiphylon"; "Epiphytan"; "Epiphyten"; "Epiphytoa"; "Epipiiyton"; "Eptphyton"; "Eriphylen"; "Eriphyton".

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 92
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 95
Total number of child taxa: 100

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Epiphyton affluens Korde 1961	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Epiphyton altum Korde 1961	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Epiphyton amgaicum Korde 1961	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Epiphyton amplificatum Korde 1960	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Epiphyton anguinum Korde 1960	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Epiphyton baicalicum Vologdin 1962	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Epiphyton benignum Korde 1960	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Epiphyton bifidum Korde 1961	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Epiphyton bisporanginum Korde 1973	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Epiphyton botomense Korde 1955	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Epiphyton breviramosum Korde 1973	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Epiphyton bublitschenkoi Vologdin 1962	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Epiphyton buldyricum Antropov 1955	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Epiphyton carptum Korde 1961	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Epiphyton celsum Korde 1960	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Epiphyton clausum Korde 1961	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Epiphyton condensum Vologdin 1962	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Epiphyton confractum Korde 1961	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Epiphyton crassum Korde 1961	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Epiphyton crinitum Korde 1960	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Epiphyton crispum Korde 1960	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Epiphyton cristatum Korde 1961	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Epiphyton curvatum Korde 1973	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Epiphyton demboi Korde 1961	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Epiphyton dembovi Korde 1960	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Epiphyton densum Korde 1961	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Epiphyton directum Vologdin 1962	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Epiphyton durum Korde 1961	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Epiphyton echinulatum Korde 1961	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Epiphyton elegans Korde 1973	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Epiphyton evolutum Korde 1960	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Epiphyton ezhimicum Korde 1973	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Epiphyton fibratum corrig. Krasnopeeva 1938	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Epiphyton fibratum Korde 1960	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), illegitimate name, later homonym	in need of a replacement
    Epiphyton fibratus Krasnopeeva 1938	inaccurate spelling (ICN [Botanical Code])	misspelling
    Epiphyton flabellatum Bornemann 1887	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Epiphyton frondosum Korde 1961	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Epiphyton fruticosum Vologdin 1939	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Epiphyton furcatum Korde 1961	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), illegitimate name	synonym
    Epiphyton furcatum Korde 1960	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Epiphyton gigam Korde 1973	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Epiphyton grande Gordon 1921	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Epiphyton incretum Korde 1961	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Epiphyton induratum Korde 1961	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Epiphyton inexpectatum Korde 1960	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Epiphyton inobservabile Korde 1961	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Epiphyton inopinatum corrig. Voronova 1969	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Epiphyton inopinatus Voronova 1969	inaccurate spelling (ICN [Botanical Code])	misspelling
    "Epiphyton insuetum" Korde 1961	not validly published	preferred name
    Epiphyton jacutii Maslov 1937	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Epiphyton jenisseicum Vologdin 1962	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Epiphyton kiyanicum Korde 1973	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Epiphyton longum Korde 1961	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), illegitimate name	synonym
    Epiphyton longum Korde 1955	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Epiphyton marinum Korde 1961	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Epiphyton mirabile Korde 1961	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Epiphyton moniliforme Korde 1961	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Epiphyton naturale Korde 1960	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Epiphyton novum Korde 1961	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Epiphyton nubilum Korde 1961	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Epiphyton obdutum Korde 1961	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Epiphyton ordonatum Korde 1973	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Epiphyton ornatum Korde 1961	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Epiphyton orthogonum Korde 1961	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Epiphyton parapusillum Korde 1973	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Epiphyton parvum Korde 1961	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Epiphyton pectunculum Korde 1961	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Epiphyton penicillatum Korde 1973	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Epiphyton plumeum Korde 1961	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Epiphyton plumosum Korde 1955	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Epiphyton pretiosum Korde 1961	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Epiphyton pseudoflexuosum Korde 1961	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Epiphyton pulchrum Korde 1961	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Epiphyton pusillum Korde 1961	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Epiphyton racemosum Korde 1961	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Epiphyton rectum Korde 1960	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Epiphyton reniforme Korde 1961	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Epiphyton retiforme Vologdin 1962	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Epiphyton rosulare Korde 1973	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Epiphyton satiatum Korde 1961	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Epiphyton scapulum Korde 1961	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Epiphyton scoparium Korde 1960	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Epiphyton semirotundum Korde 1961	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Epiphyton seriatum Korde 1961	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Epiphyton simplex Korde 1960	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Epiphyton solidum Korde 1973	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Epiphyton spissum Korde 1961	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Epiphyton subdichotomum Korde 1961	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Epiphyton subtile Korde 1961	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Epiphyton suvorovae Korde 1961	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Epiphyton tenue Vologdin 1939	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Epiphyton tuberculosum Korde 1961	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Epiphyton umbellatum Korde 1961	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Epiphyton usitatum Korde 1961	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Epiphyton varium Korde 1961	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    "Epiphyton vesiculosum" Korde 1961	not validly published	preferred name
    "Epiphyton virgatum" Korde 1960	not validly published	preferred name
    Epiphyton vulgare Korde 1961	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Epiphyton zhuravlevae Korde 1960	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Epiphyton zonatum Korde 1961	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name

Parent taxon: Epiphytaceae corrig. Kordé 1959

Assigned by: Kordé KB. The morphology and systematic position of representatives of the genus Epiphyton. Doklady of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR. Earth Sciences Sections 1959; 126:603-606.

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