Name: "Leptochaete" Borzì 1882

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Lep.to.chae’te. Gr. masc. adj. leptos, thin, fine, narrow; Gr. fem. n. chaitê, hair; N.L. fem. n. Leptochaete, a thin hair

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): feminine (stem: Leptochaet-), lep-to-K^HA͡E-te

Type species: "Leptochaete crustacea" Borzì 1882

Original publication: Borzì A. Note alla morfologia e biologia delle Alghe Ficocromacee. Fam. IIIa. Rivulariacee. Nuovo Giornale Botanico Italiano 1882; 14:272-315.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Homoeothrix (Thuret ex Bornet and Flahault 1887) Kirchner 1898

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Homoeothrix (Thuret ex Bornet and Flahault 1887) Kirchner 1898	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), conserved name
    Leptochaete Borzì ex Bornet and Flahault 1886	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), rejected name
    Amphithrix Kützing ex Bornet and Flahault 1886	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
    Tapinothrix Sauvageau 1892	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)

• Notes:
  • 🚂 For the type species of this genus another name is in use, which is affiliated with the genus Homoeothrix (Thuret ex Bornet and Flahault 1887) Kirchner 1898. Publication: Komárek J, Kalina T. Bemerkungen zur Coenologie und Systematik der Gattung Homoeothrix (Thur. ex Born. et Flah.) Kirchn. Österr. Bot. Z. 1965; 112:424-441.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Leprochaete"; "Leptoohaeta".
  • 💥 This name is a homonym of Leptochaete N.N. (botanical) [from Catalogue of Life].

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

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Leptochaete crustacea" Borzì 1882	not validly published	synonym

Parent taxon: Rivulariaceae Rabenhorst ex Bornet and Flahault 1886

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: 17894