Genus Gomphosphaeria

Name: Gomphosphaeria Kützing 1836

Category, proposed as: genus, gen. nov.

Etymology: Gom.pho.sphae’ri.a. Gr. masc. n. gomphos, bond for fastening; Gr. fem. n. sphaîra, ball, sphere; N.L. fem. n. Gomphosphaeria, probably meaning fastened spheres

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): feminine (stem: Gomphosphaeri-), gom-p^ho-SP^HA͡E-ri-a

Type species: Gomphosphaeria aponina Kützing 1836

Valid publication: Kützing FT. Algarum aquae dulcis germanicarum Decas XVI. In commissis C.A. Schwetschkii et fil., Halis Saxonum [Halle], 1836.

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family Gomphosphaeriaceae Elenkin 1933. Publication: Elenkin AA. O sistematicheskom podrazdenii poryadka Chroococcales Geitler (1925). Trudy Botanicheskogo Instituta Akademii Nauk SSSR, Ser. 2, Sporovye Rasteniya 1933; 1:17-21.
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the subfamily Gomphosphaerioideae (Elenkin 1933) Komárek and Hindák 1988. Publication: Komárek J, Hindák F. Taxonomic review of natural populations of the cyanophytes from the Gomphosphaeria-complex. Algological Studies/Archiv für Hydrobiologie, Supplement Volumes 1988; 50-53:203-225.
  • 🧕 Geitler (1925) assigned this genus to the family Chroococcaceae Rabenhorst 1863. Publication: Geitler L. Synoptische Darstellung der Cyanophyceen in morphologischer und systematischer Hinsicht. Beihefte zum Botanischen Centralblatt 1925; 41:163-294.
  • 🧕 Geitler (1925) assigned this genus to the order Chroococcales corrig. Ardissone 1886. Publication: Geitler L. Synoptische Darstellung der Cyanophyceen in morphologischer und systematischer Hinsicht. Beihefte zum Botanischen Centralblatt 1925; 41:163-294.
  • 🧕 Komarek and Hindak (1988) assigned this genus to the subfamily Gomphosphaerioideae (Elenkin 1933) Komárek and Hindák 1988. Publication: Komárek J, Hindák F. Taxonomic review of natural populations of the cyanophytes from the Gomphosphaeria-complex. Algological Studies/Archiv für Hydrobiologie, Supplement Volumes 1988; 50-53:203-225.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Comphosphaeria"; "Gamphosphaeria"; "Gamphosphoeria"; "Gemphosphaeria"; "Geomphosphaeria"; "Giomphosphaeria"; "Gofnphosphaeria"; "Gompbosphaeria"; "Gomphasphaeria"; "Gomphaspharia"; "Gomphaspheria"; "Gomphdsphaeria"; "Gomphesphaeria"; "Gomphesphaeriae"; "Gomphospaeria"; "Gomphospaheria"; "Gomphospbaeria"; "Gomphosphacria"; "Gomphosphacxia"; "Gomphosphaena"; "Gomphosphaera"; "Gomphosphaeris"; "Gomphosphaerium"; "Gomphosphaerla"; "Gomphosphaewria"; "Gomphosphaoria"; "Gomphospharia"; "Gomphosphceria"; "Gomphospheeria"; "Gomphospheria"; "Gomphosphieria"; "Gomphosphocria"; "Gomphosphoeria"; "Gomphosphoria"; "Gomphosphseria"; "Gomphosphueria"; "Gomphosplaeria"; "Gomphospliaeria"; "Gomphosplmeria"; "Gompliosphnaeria"; "Gompltosphaeria"; "Gomposphaeria"; "Goniphosphaeria"; "Gontphosphaeria"; "Gonvphoephaeria"; "Gornphosphaeria"; "Goviphosphaeria"; "Gowphosphaeria"; "Gumphosphuaria"; "Mphosphaena"; "Oomphosphaeria"; "Phosphaeria"; "Qomphosphaeria"; "Timmphosphaeria".

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 12
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 24
Total number of child taxa: 25

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Gomphosphaeria anomala Bennett 1888	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Gomphosphaeria aponina Kützing 1836	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Gomphosphaeria aurantiaca Bleisch 1866	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Gomphosphaeria botrys Skuja 1964	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Gomphosphaeria cordiformis (Wolle 1882) Hansgirg 1886	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Gomphosphaeria delicatula Skuja 1964	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Gomphosphaeria fremyi Komárek 1984	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Gomphosphaeria fusca Skuja 1948	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Gomphosphaeria gessneri Schiller 1956	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Gomphosphaeria lacustris Chodat 1898	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Gomphosphaeria lilacea Virieux 1916	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Gomphosphaeria litoralis Häyrén 1921	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Gomphosphaeria multiplex (Nygaard 1926) Komárek 1989	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Gomphosphaeria naegeliana (Unger 1854) Lemmermann 1907	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Gomphosphaeria natans Komárek and Hindák 1988	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Gomphosphaeria okavango Komárek and Cronberg 2001	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Gomphosphaeria pusilla (Van Goor 1924) Komárek 1958	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    "Gomphosphaeria radians" Hortobágyi 1957	not validly published	synonym
    Gomphosphaeria robusta Skuja 1964	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Gomphosphaeria rosea (Snow 1903) Lemmermann 1907	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Gomphosphaeria salina Komárek and Hindák 1988	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Gomphosphaeria semenvitis Komárek 1989	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Gomphosphaeria tenera Skuja 1964	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Gomphosphaeria virieuxii Komárek and Hindák 1988	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Gomphosphaeria wichurae (Hilse 1863) Drouet and Daily 1952	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name

Parent taxon: Gomphosphaeriaceae Elenkin 1933

Assigned by: Elenkin AA. O sistematicheskom podrazdenii poryadka Chroococcales Geitler (1925). Trudy Botanicheskogo Instituta Akademii Nauk SSSR, Ser. 2, Sporovye Rasteniya 1933; 1:17-21.

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Record number: 6506