Name: Protoepiphyton Vologdin 1962

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Pro.to.e.pi’phy.ton. Gr. masc. adj. prôtos, earlier than, prior to; N.L. neut. n. Epiphyton, a cyanobacterial genus; N.L. neut. n. Protoepiphyton, an early Epiphyton

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): neuter (stem: Protoepiphyt-), pro-to-e-PI-p^hy-ton

Type species: Protoepiphyton curtofiligerum 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:
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Protoeplphyton"; "Protoeptphytnn".

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 2
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 2
Total number of child taxa: 2

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Protoepiphyton buguldeicum Vologdin 1962	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Protoepiphyton curtofiligerum Vologdin 1962	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name

Parent taxon: Telastromataceae 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: 47050