Name: "Heliotrichum" Wille ex Schütt 1893

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: He.li.o.tri’chum. Gr. masc. n. hêlios, sun; Gr. fem. n. thrix, a hair; N.L. neut. n. Heliotrichum, probably meaning a hair that likes the sun

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): neuter (stem: Heliotrich-), he-li-o-TRI-khum

Type species: "Heliotrichum radians" Wille ex Schütt 1893

Original publication: Schütt F. Das Pflanzenleben der Hochsee. Verlag von Lipsius & Tischer, Kiel und Leipzig, 1893.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Heliotrichum Wille ex Kirchner 1898

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 0
Total number of child taxa: 1

Parent taxon: Oscillatoriaceae Engler 1898

Assigned by: LPSN automated production system. The following publication is only one of the sources consulted. It may or may not mention this taxon name. — Geitler L. Synoptische Darstellung der Cyanophyceen in morphologischer und systematischer Hinsicht. Beihefte zum Botanischen Centralblatt 1925; 41:163-294.

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Record number: 17863

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