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Name: "Hormosiphon" Kützing 1843
Etymology: Hor.mo.si’phon. Gr. masc. n. hormos, chord; Gr. masc. n. siphôn, tube; N.L. masc. n. Hormosiphon, a cord-like tube
Gender: masculine (stem: Hormosiphon-)
Type species: "Hormosiphon furfuraceus" Kützing 1843
Original 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.
Nomenclatural status: not validly published
Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)
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: 4
| Name | Nomenclatural status | Taxonomic status |
|---|---|---|
| "Hormosiphon furfuraceus" Kützing 1843 | not validly published | preferred name |
| "Hormosiphon leptosiphon" Reinsch 1876 | not validly published | preferred name |
| "Hormosiphon papyraceus" Kützing 1843 | not validly published | preferred name |
| "Hormosiphon tenuissimus" Kützing 1843 | not validly published | preferred name |
Parent taxon: Nostocaceae Eichler 1886
Assigned by: Komarek J, Golubic S. Guide to the Nomenclature and formal taxonomic treatment of oxyphototroph prokaryotes (Cyanoprokaryotes). Unknown Publisher, Unknown City, 1990.
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Record number: 18037