Name: Spelaeopogon Borzì 1907

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Spe.lae.o.po’gon. Gr. neut. n. spêlaion, a cave; Gr. masc. n. pôgôn, beard; N.L. masc. n. Spelaeopogon, a beard from a cave

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): masculine (stem: Spelaeopogon-), spe-la͡e-o-PO-gon

Type species: Spelaeopogon sommieri corrig. Borzì 1917

Valid publication: Borzí A. Conspectus generum Stigonematacearum. Nuovo Notarisia 1907; 18:37-38.

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Pseudospelaeopogon Elenkin 1949	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Geitler (1925) assigned this genus to the family Scytonemataceae corrig. Frank 1886. 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 Borzinemataceae Geitler 1942. Publication: Hoffmann L, Komárek J, Kastovsky J. System of cyanoprokaryotes (cyanobacteria) - state in 2004. Algological Studies 2005; 117:95-115. 🇱🇺
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Spelacopogon".

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 6
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 7
Total number of child taxa: 10

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Spelaeopogon cavarae Borzì 1917	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Spelaeopogon fridericii Budde 1929	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Spelaeopogon kashyapi Bharadwaja 1928	inaccurate spelling (ICN [Botanical Code])	misspelling
    Spelaeopogon kashyapii corrig. Bharadwaja 1928	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Spelaeopogon koidzumianum Yoneda 1942	inaccurate spelling (ICN [Botanical Code])	misspelling
    Spelaeopogon koidzumianus corrig. Yoneda 1942	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Spelaeopogon lucifugus Borzì 1917	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Spelaeopogon populi González Guerrero 1929	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Spelaeopogon sommieri corrig. Borzì 1917	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), lectotype	correct name
    Spelaeopogon sommierii Borzì 1917	inaccurate spelling (ICN [Botanical Code])	misspelling

Parent taxon: Hapalosiphonaceae Elenkin 1916

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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Record number: 6416