Genus Sirosiphon

Name: Sirosiphon Kützing ex Frank 1886

Category, proposed as: genus, gen. nov.

Etymology: Si.ro.si’phon. N.L. masc. n. Sirosiphon, a tube from a pit

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): masculine (stem: Sirosiphon-), si-ro-SI-p^hon

Type species: Sirosiphon coralloides Kützing ex Frank 1886

Valid publication: Frank AB. Dr. Johannes Leunis Synopsis der Pflanzenkunde. Aufl. 3. Band. 3. Unknown Publisher, Hannover, 1886.

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Sirosiphon" Kützing 1843	homotypic synonym, not validly published

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family Sirosiphonaceae Frank 1886. Publication: Frank AB. Dr. Johannes Leunis Synopsis der Pflanzenkunde. Aufl. 3. Band. 3. Unknown Publisher, Hannover, 1886.
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the tribe Sirosiphoneae Wolle 1887. Publication: Wolle F. Fresh Water Algae of the United States. The Comenius Press, Bethlehem, Pa., 1887.
  • 🧕 Bennett and Murray (1889) assigned this genus to the order Chroococcales corrig. Ardissone 1886. Publication: Bennett AW, Murray G. A handbook of cryptogamic botany. Longmans, Green & Co., London, 1889.
  • 🧕 Eichler (1886) assigned this genus to the family Nostocaceae Eichler 1886. Publication: Eichler AW. Syllabus der Vorlesungen über specielle und medicinisch-pharmaceutische Botanik, 4. Aufl. Gebrüder Borntraeger, Berlin, 1886.
  • 🧕 Frank (1886) assigned this genus to the family Sirosiphonaceae Frank 1886. Publication: Frank AB. Dr. Johannes Leunis Synopsis der Pflanzenkunde. Aufl. 3. Band. 3 Specielle Botanik. Kryptogamen. Hahn'sche Buchhandlung, Hannover, 1886.
  • 🧕 Wolle (1887) assigned this genus to the tribe Sirosiphoneae Wolle 1887. Publication: Wolle F. Fresh Water Algae of the United States. The Comenius Press, Bethlehem, Pa., 1887.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Sirosiphonis"; "Sirosiphouis"; "Sirosyphon"; "Slrosiphon".
  • 🧍 See also Hansgirg (1892). Publication: Hansgirg A. Prodromus der Algenflora von Böhmen. Zweiter Theil. F. Řivnáč, Prague, 1892.

Subdivision:

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

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Sirosiphon brandegeei Wolle 1887	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Sirosiphon coralloides Kützing ex Frank 1886	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Sirosiphon mamillosus (Lyngbye 1819) Engler 1892	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Sirosiphon scytonematoides Wolle 1887	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name

Parent taxon: Stigonemataceae corrig. (Agardh ex Bornet and Flahault 1886) Borzì 1892

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: 15215