Name: Porphyrosiphon Kützing ex Gomont 1892

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Por.phy.ro.si’phon. Gr. masc. adj. porphyreos, purple; Gr. masc. n. siphôn, tube, pipe; N.L. masc. n. Porphyrosiphon, a purple tube

Gender, pronunciation: masculine (stem: Porphyrosiphon-), por-p^hy-ro-SI-p^hon

Type species: Porphyrosiphon notarisii Kützing ex Gomont 1892

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Gomont M. Monographie des Oscillariées (Nostocacées homocystées). Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Botanique, Série 7 1892; 15:263-368.

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Anagnostidis and Komarek (1988) assigned this genus to the family Phormidiaceae Anagnostidis and Komárek 1988. Publication: Anagnostidis K, Komárek J. Modern approach to the classification system of cyanophytes. 3. Oscillatoriales. Archiv für Hydrobiologie, Supplement 1988; 80:327-472.
  • 🧕 Elenkin (1949) assigned this genus to the family Schizotrichaceae Elenkin 1949. Publication: Elenkin AA. Sinezeleniye vodorosli SSSR. Monografiya presnovodnykh i nazemnykh S'yanofiseaye, obnaruzhennykh v predelakh SSSR. Spetsial'naya (sistematicheskaya) chast', vyp. II. III. Hormogoneae (Geitl.) Elenk. (okonchaniye). Izdate'stvo Akademii Nauk SSSR, Moscow, 1949.
  • 🧕 Geitler (1925) assigned this genus to the family Oscillatoriaceae Engler 1898. Publication: Geitler L. Synoptische Darstellung der Cyanophyceen in morphologischer und systematischer Hinsicht. Beihefte zum Botanischen Centralblatt 1925; 41:163-294.
  • 🧕 Hoffmann et al. (2005) assigned this genus to the family Phormidiaceae Anagnostidis and Komárek 1988. Publication: Hoffmann L, Komárek J, Kaštovský J. System of cyanoprokaryotes (cyanobacteria) – state in 2004. Algol. Stud. 2005; 117:95-115.
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: NIBRCY: 1; FBCC: 1; CBFS: 1.
  • 🧍 Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "PFSI" for this genus name but this does not appear to be of practical relevance any longer. Publication: Pittman KF, Walczak CA, Lock CM. Codes and abbreviations for approved of effectively published names of genera of bacteria published from January 1980 to December 1990. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1991; 41:571-579.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 20
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 25
Total number of child taxa: 25

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Porphyrosiphon amplivaginatus (Van Goor 1918) Anagnostidis and Komárek 1988	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), illegitimate name	synonym
    Porphyrosiphon animalis (Agardh ex Gomont 1892) Drouet 1968	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Porphyrosiphon annulatus Kim et al. 2022	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Porphyrosiphon aureofulvus (West and West 1897) Anagnostidis and Komárek 1988	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Porphyrosiphon calciferus (Brühl and Biswas 1923) Anagnostidis and Komárek 1988	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Porphyrosiphon ceylanicus (Wille 1914) Anagnostidis and Komárek 1988	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Porphyrosiphon corbierei (Frémy 1923) Anagnostidis and Komárek 1988	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Porphyrosiphon dendrobius (Brühl and Biswas 1923) Anagnostidis and Komárek 1988	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Porphyrosiphon fuscus Gomont 1927	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Porphyrosiphon kaernbachii (Hennings 1892) De Toni 1892	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Porphyrosiphon kashyapii (Ghose 1924) Anagnostidis and Komárek 1988	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Porphyrosiphon kurzii (Zeller 1873) Drouet 1968	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Porphyrosiphon latissimus Kaštovský et al. 2016	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Porphyrosiphon lomniczensis (Kol 1926) Anagnostidis and Komárek 1988	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Porphyrosiphon luteus (Gomont 1892) Anagnostidis and Komárek 1988	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Porphyrosiphon martensianus (Meneghini 1837) Anagnostidis and Komárek 1988	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Porphyrosiphon miniatus (Hauck ex Gomont 1892) Drouet 1968	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Porphyrosiphon notarisii Kützing ex Gomont 1892	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Porphyrosiphon robustus Gardner 1927	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Porphyrosiphon samoensis (Wille 1913) Drouet 1937	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Porphyrosiphon shackletonii (West and West 1911) Anagnostidis and Komárek 1988	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Porphyrosiphon splendidus (Greville ex Gomont 1892) Drouet 1968	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Porphyrosiphon stagninus Anagnostidis 2001	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), illegitimate name	synonym
    Porphyrosiphon velasquezii Drouet 1942	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Porphyrosiphon versicolor (Gomont 1892) Anagnostidis and Komárek 1988	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name

Parent taxon: Microcoleaceae (Hansgirg 1892) Strunecký et al. 2013

Assigned by: Strunecky O, Ivanova AP, Mares J. An updated classification of cyanobacterial orders and families based on phylogenomic and polyphasic analysis. J Phycol 2023; 59:12-51.

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