Genus Phytoconis

Name: Phytoconis Bory de Saint Vincent 1797

Category, proposed as: genus, gen. nov.

Etymology: Phy.to.co’nis. Gr. neut. n. phyton, plant; Gr. fem. n. konis, dust; N.L. fem. n. Phytoconis, plant dust

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): feminine (stem: Phytocon-), p^hy-to-KO-nis

Type species: Phytoconis botryoides Bory de Saint Vincent 1797

Valid publication: Bory de Saint Vincent JBGM. Mémoire sur les genres Conferva et Byssus. Imprimerie de Louis Cavazza, Bordeaux, 1797.

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Pbvtoconis"; "Pbytoconis"; "Phiytoconis"; "Phyloconis"; "Phytaoonis"; "Phytoeonis"; "Plrytoconis".
  • 💥 This name is a homonym of Phytoconis Bory de Saint-Vincent, 1797 (botanical) [from Catalogue of Life].
  • 🧍 According to Komarek and Golubic (1990) originally assigned to Cyanobacteria but probably unidentifiable. Publication: Komárek J, Golubić S. Guide to the Nomenclature and formal taxonomic treatment of oxyphototroph prokaryotes (Cyanoprokaryotes). Published by the Authors, Třeboň and Boston, 1990.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 1
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 1
Total number of child taxa: 1

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Phytoconis botryoides Bory de Saint Vincent 1797	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name

Parent taxon: [Miscellanea, not assigned to family]

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