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Genus Leptophycus
Name: Leptophycus Johnson 1940
Etymology: N.L. masc. n. Leptophycus, (botanical tradition treats gender of phycus as masculine); Gr. masc. adj. leptos, slender; Gr. neut. n. phŷkos, sea plant
Gender: masculine (stem: Leptophyc-)
Type species: Leptophycus gracilis Johnson 1940
Valid publication:
Johnson JH. Lime-secreting algae and algal limestones from the Pennsylvanian of central Colorado. Geological Society of America Bulletin 1940; 51:571-595. 
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), illegitimate name
Correct name: Cyanoleptophycus Molinari and Guiry 2021
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Synonyms:
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Name Kind Cyanoleptophycus Molinari and Guiry 2021 homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
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Notes:
- 🚂 For the type species of this genus another name is in use, which is affiliated with the genus Cyanoleptophycus Molinari and Guiry 2021. Publication: Molinari-Novoa EA, Guiry MD. Nomenclatural notes on algae. IV. Further replacement names for various algal taxa. Notulae Algarum 2021; 183:1-10.
- 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Lepotphycus"; "Leptophyeus".
- 🧍 Later homonym of Leptophycus Fritsch (1908). Publication: Molinari EA, Guiry MD. [Title pending]. Notulae algarum 2021; 183:2.
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 2
Total number of child taxa: 2
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status Leptophycus gracilis Johnson 1940 validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), illegitimate name synonym Leptophycus varsanofievae Korde 1954 validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), illegitimate name in need of a replacement
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Parent taxon: [Cyanophyceae, not assigned to family]
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Record number: 40285
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