Name: Siphononema Geitler 1925

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Si.pho.no.ne’ma. Gr. neut. n. nêma, a thread; N.L. neut. n. Siphononema

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): neuter (stem: Siphononemat-), si-p^ho-no-NE-ma

Type species: Siphononema polonicum Geitler 1925

Valid publication: Geitler L. Cyanophyceae. In: Pascher A (eds), Die Süsswasser-Flora Deutschlands, Österreichs und der Schweiz, Gustav Fischer, Jena, 1925, p. 1-450.

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family Siphononemataceae Geitler 1925. Publication: Geitler L. Synoptische Darstellung der Cyanophyceen in morphologischer und systematischer Hinsicht. Beihefte zum Botanischen Centralblatt 1925; 41:163-294.
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the order Siphononematales corrig. Walton 1931. Publication: Walton LB. Studies concerning organisms occurring in water supplies with particular reference to those found in Ohio. Part I. Ohio Biol. Surv. 1931; 5:1-86.
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the order Siphononematidea Walton 1931. Publication: Walton LB. Studies concerning organisms occurring in water supplies with particular reference to those found in Ohio. Part I. Ohio Biol. Surv. 1931; 5:1-86.
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the subfamily Siphononematoideae (Geitler 1925) Komárek and Anagnostidis 1995. Publication: Komárek J, Anagnostidis K. Nomenclatural novelties in chroococcalean cyanoprokaryotes. Preslia, Praha 1995; 67:15-23.
  • 🧕 Geitler (1925) assigned this genus to the family Siphononemataceae Geitler 1925. Publication: Geitler L. Synoptische Darstellung der Cyanophyceen in morphologischer und systematischer Hinsicht. Beihefte zum Botanischen Centralblatt 1925; 41:163-294.
  • 🧕 Komarek and Anagnostidis (1995) assigned this genus to the subfamily Siphononematoideae (Geitler 1925) Komárek and Anagnostidis 1995. Publication: Komárek J, Anagnostidis K. Nomenclatural novelties in chroococcalean cyanoprokaryotes. Preslia, Praha 1995; 67:15-23.
  • 🧕 Strunecky et al. (2023) assigned this genus to the family Chroococcaceae Rabenhorst 1863. Publication: 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. 🇨🇿
  • 🧕 Walton (1931) assigned this genus to the order Siphononematales corrig. Walton 1931. Publication: Walton LB. Studies concerning organisms occurring in water supplies with particular reference to those found in Ohio. Part I. Ohio Biol. Surv. 1931; 5:1-86.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Sipbononema"; "Sipghononema"; "Siphananema"; "Siphonenema"; "Siphononcma"; "Siphononenia"; "Siphonouema"; "Siphouonema"; "Sipkhononema"; "Siplwnonema".

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 3
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 3
Total number of child taxa: 4

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Siphononema polonicum Geitler 1925	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Siphononema ramosum Ghose 1931	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Siphononema thermophila Hindák 1978	inaccurate spelling (ICN [Botanical Code])	misspelling
    Siphononema thermophilum corrig. Hindák 1978	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name

Parent taxon: Entophysalidaceae Geitler 1925

Assigned by: Hoffmann L, Komárek J, Kaštovský J. System of cyanoprokaryotes (cyanobacteria) – state in 2004. Algol. Stud. 2005; 117:95-115. 🇱🇺

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Record number: 6491