Name: Komvophoron Anagnostidis and Komárek 1988

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Kom.vo’pho.ron. N.L. neut. n. Komvophoron

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): neuter (stem: Komvophor-), kom-WO-p^ho-ron

Type species: Komvophoron schmidlei (Jaag 1938) Anagnostidis and Komárek 1988

Valid publication: Anagnostidis K, Komárek J. Modern approach to the classification system of cyanophytes 3 - Oscillatoriales. Algological Studies 1988; 50-53:327-472.

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Hoffmann et al. (2005) assigned this genus to the family Borziaceae Borzì 1914. Publication: Hoffmann L, Komárek J, Kaštovský J. System of cyanoprokaryotes (cyanobacteria) – state in 2004. Algol. Stud. 2005; 117:95-115. 🇱🇺
  • 🧒 Anagnostidis and Komarek (1988) assigned the subgenus Alyssophoron Anagnostidis and Komárek 1988 to this genus. Publication: Anagnostidis K, Komárek J. Modern approach to the classification system of cyanophytes. 3. Oscillatoriales. Archiv für Hydrobiologie, Supplement 1988; 80:327-472.
  • 🧒 Anagnostidis and Komarek (1988) assigned the subgenus Komvophoron Anagnostidis and Komárek 1988 to this genus. Publication: Anagnostidis K, Komárek J. Modern approach to the classification system of cyanophytes. 3. Oscillatoriales. Archiv für Hydrobiologie, Supplement 1988; 80:327-472.
  • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Pseudanabaena Lauterborn 1915. Publication: Jaag O. Die Kryptogamenflora des Rhein-falls und des Hochrheins von Stein bis Eglisau. Mitteilungen der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft Schaffhausen, Zürich 1938; 14:1-158.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Kamvophoron"; "Kmnvophoron".
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: BRNM: 2.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 16
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 17
Total number of child taxa: 19

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Komvophoron anabaenoides Anagnostidis and Komárek 1988	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Komvophoron apiculatum Turicchia et al. 2009	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Komvophoron bourrellyi Turon et al. 1991	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Komvophoron breve (Carter 1933) Anagnostidis 2001	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Komvophoron constrictum (Szafer 1910) Anagnostidis and Komárek 1988	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Komvophoron crassum (Vozzhennikova 1953) Anagnostidis and Komárek 1988	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Komvophoron epiphyticum Anagnostidis and Komárek 1988	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    "Komvophoron groenlandicum" Anagnostidis and Komárek 1988	not validly published	preferred name
    Komvophoron halobium Anagnostidis 2001	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Komvophoron jovis (Copeland 1936) Anagnostidis and Komárek 1988	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Komvophoron kgarii McGregor and Sendall 2013	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Komvophoron minutum (Skuja 1948) Anagnostidis and Komárek 1988	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Komvophoron pallidum (Skuja 1948) Anagnostidis and Komárek 1988	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Komvophoron rostratum Turicchia et al. 2009	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Komvophoron schmidlei (Jaag 1938) Anagnostidis and Komárek 1988	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Komvophoron siderophilum (Skuja 1964) Anagnostidis and Komárek 1988	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Komvophoron skujae Anagnostidis and Komárek 2001	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Komvophoron tenue corrig. (Emoto and Hirose 1940) Umezaki and Watanabe 1994	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Komvophoron tenuis (Emoto and Hirose 1940) Umezaki and Watanabe 1994	inaccurate spelling (ICN [Botanical Code])	misspelling

Parent taxon: Gomontiellaceae Elenkin ex Geitler 1942

Assigned by: Strunecky O, Ivanova AP, Mares J. An updated classification of cyanobacterial orders and families based on phylogenomic and polyphasic analysis. J Phycol 2023; 59:12-51. 🇨🇿

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Record number: 6179