Name: Epiphyton Bornemann 1887

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: N.L. neut. n. Epiphyton

Gender: neuter (stem: Epiphyt-)

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.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Epfphyton"; "Epiphyfon"; "Epiphytan"; "Epiphytoa"; "Eptphyton".

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 11
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 11
Total number of child taxa: 13

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Epiphyton condensum Vologdin 1962	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Epiphyton directum Vologdin 1962	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Epiphyton fibratum corrig. Krasnopeeva 1938	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Epiphyton fibratus Krasnopeeva 1938	inaccurate spelling (ICN [Botanical Code])	misspelling
    Epiphyton flabellatum Bornemann 1887	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Epiphyton fruticosum Vologdin 1939	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 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 parapusillum Korde 1973	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Epiphyton retiforme Vologdin 1962	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Epiphyton tenue Vologdin 1939	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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Record number: 39579