Name: Lermontovaephycus Vologdin 1962

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Ler.mon.to.vae.phy’cus. Gr. neut. n. phŷkos, seaweed; N.L. masc. n. Lermontovaephycus, an alga named to honor Ekaterina Vladimirovna Lermontova, Russian paleontologist (botanical tradition treats gender of phycus as masculine)

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): masculine (stem: Lermontovaephyc-), ler-mon-to-wa͡e-P^HY-kus

Type species: Lermontovaephycus lamellosus Vologdin 1962

Valid publication: Vologdin AG. Drevnejshie vodorosli SSSR [Ancient Algae of the USSR]. Izdatel'stvo Akademii Nauk SSSR. [in Russian], Moscow, 1962.

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family Lermontovaephycaceae Vologdin 1962. Publication: Vologdin AG. Drevnejshie vodorosli SSSR [Ancient Algae of the USSR]. Izdatel'stvo Akademii Nauk SSSR. [in Russian], Moscow, 1962.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Lermohtouaephycus"; "Lermontouaephycus"; "Lerniontovaephycus"; "Montovaephycus".

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 5
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 5
Total number of child taxa: 5

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Lermontovaephycus angaricus Vologdin 1962	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Lermontovaephycus crassolamellosus Vologdin 1962	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Lermontovaephycus grebenskiensis Vologdin 1962	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Lermontovaephycus lamellosus Vologdin 1962	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Lermontovaephycus primus Vologdin 1962	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name

Parent taxon: Lermontovaephycaceae Vologdin 1962

Assigned by: Vologdin AG. Drevnejshie vodorosli SSSR [Ancient Algae of the USSR]. Izdatel'stvo Akademii Nauk SSSR. [in Russian], Moscow, 1962.

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Record number: 47030