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: masculine (stem: Lermontovaephyc-), ler-mon-to-wa͡e-PHY-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

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

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
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