Genus Leptophycus

Name: Leptophycus Johnson 1940

Category, proposed as: genus, gen. nov.

Etymology: Lep.to.phy’cus. Gr. masc. adj. leptos, slender; Gr. neut. n. phŷkos, seaweed; N.L. masc. n. Leptophycus, a slender alga (botanical tradition treats gender of phycus as masculine)

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): masculine (stem: Leptophyc-), lep-to-P^HY-kus

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

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Cyanoleptophycus Molinari and Guiry 2021

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Cyanoleptophycus Molinari and Guiry 2021	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Molinari and Guiry (2021) assigned this genus to the class Cyanophyceae Hauck 1885. Publication: Molinari EA, Guiry MD. [Title pending]. Notulae algarum 2021; 183:2. 🇵🇪
  • 🚂 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. 🇵🇪

Subdivision:

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

• Child taxa:

  • 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

Parent taxon: [Chroococcophyceae, not assigned to family]

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Record number: 40285