Name: "Lophopodium" Kützing ex Rabenhorst 1865

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Lo.pho.po’di.um. Gr. masc. n. lophos, a crest; Gr. masc. n. pous (gen. podos), leg; N.L. neut. n. Lophopodium, probably meaning having crested legs

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): neuter (stem: Lophopodi-), lo-pho-PO-di-um

Type species: "Lophopodium hospitum" (Kützing 1849) Rabenhorst 1865

Original publication: Rabenhorst L. Flora Europaea Algarum Aquae Dulcis et Submarinae. Sectio II. Algas Phychochromaceas Complectens. Apud Eduardum Kummerum, Leipzig, 1865.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

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

Parent taxon: Rivulariaceae Rabenhorst ex Bornet and Flahault 1886

Assigned by: Komárek J, Golubić S. Guide to the Nomenclature and formal taxonomic treatment of oxyphototroph prokaryotes (Cyanoprokaryotes). Published by the Authors, Třeboň and Boston, 1990.

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Record number: 18057

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