Name: Skujaephyconema Burkart 1959

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Sku.jae.phy.co.ne’ma. Gr. neut. n. phŷkos, a seaweed; Gr. neut. n. nêma, thread; N.L. neut. n. Skujaephyconema, a thread-like alga named to honor Heinrich Leonhards Skuja, Latvian-Swedish botanist [probably better: Skujaiphyconema]

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): neuter (stem: Skujaephyconemat-), sku-ja͡e-p^hy-ko-NE-ma

Type species: Skujaephyconema thiokrenophilum (Skuja 1956) Burkart 1959

Valid publication: Burkart A. Notas sobre una Commelinácea y una Cianofícea. Darwiniana 1959; 11:764-766.

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

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Desmanthos Skuja 1956

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Desmanthos Skuja 1959	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), illegitimate name
    Desmanthos Skuja 1956	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)

• Notes:
  • 🚂 For the type species of this genus another name is in use, which is affiliated with the genus Desmanthos Skuja 1956. Publication: Skuja H. Taxonomische und biologische Studien über das Phytoplankton schwedischer Binnengewässer. Nova acta Regiae Societatis Scientiarum Upsaliensis ser. 4 1956; 16:1-404.
  • 🧍 Skujaephyconema Burkart 1959 is illegitimate because it is a superfluos name. According to Komarek and Golubic (1990) originally assigned to Cyanobacteria but probably belonging to Bacteria. 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: 0
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
    Skujaephyconema thiokrenophilum (Skuja 1956) Burkart 1959	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), illegitimate name	synonym

Parent taxon: Pelonemataceae Skuja 1956

Assigned by: Burkart A. Notas sobre una Commelinácea y una Cianofícea. Darwiniana 1959; 11:764-766.

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Record number: 17939