Name: Sphaenosiphon Reinsch 1874

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: N.L. masc. n. Sphaenosiphon

Gender: masculine (stem: Sphaenosiphon-)

Type species: Sphaenosiphon cuspidatus Reinsch 1874

Valid publication: Reinsch PF. Contr. Alg. Fungol. Unknown Publisher, Unknown City, 1874.

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

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Dermocarpa Crouan and Crouan 1858

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Dermocarpa Crouan and Crouan 1858	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Komarek and Golubic (1990) assigned this genus to the family Dermocarpellaceae Ginsburg-Ardré ex Christensen 1978. Publication: Komarek J, Golubic S. Guide to the Nomenclature and formal taxonomic treatment of oxyphototroph prokaryotes (Cyanoprokaryotes). Unknown Publisher, Unknown City, 1990.
  • 🚂 For the type species of this genus another name is in use, which is affiliated with the genus Dermocarpa Crouan and Crouan 1858. Publication: Geitler L. Cyanophyceae. In: Rabenhorst L (eds), Kryptogamen-Flora von Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz. Ed. 2, Akademische Verlagsgesellschaft, Leipzig, 1932, p. 1-1196.
  • ❗ Sphaenosiphon is the correct name instead if this genus is regarded as a separate genus (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another genus whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority).

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 13
Total number of child taxa: 14

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Sphaenosiphon aquaedulcis Reinsch 1874	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	orphaned species
    Sphaenosiphon cuspidatus Reinsch 1874	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Sphaenosiphon farlowii (Børgesen 1902) Nielsen and Gunnarsson 2001	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Sphaenosiphon fucicola (Saunders 1901) Beljakova 2000	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Sphaenosiphon geitleri Beljakova 2000	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	orphaned species
    Sphaenosiphon hemisphaericus (Setchell and Gardner 1918) Silva 1996	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Sphaenosiphon marchantae (Setchell and Gardner 1924) Beljakova 2000	inaccurate spelling (ICN [Botanical Code])	misspelling
    Sphaenosiphon marchantiae corrig. (Setchell and Gardner 1924) Beljakova 2000	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Sphaenosiphon minimus (Geitler 1931) Silva 1996	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), illegitimate name	synonym
    Sphaenosiphon olivaceus Reinsch 1874	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Sphaenosiphon prasinus Reinsch 1874	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Sphaenosiphon roseus Reinsch 1874	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Sphaenosiphon sphaeroideus (Setchell and Gardner 1918) Beljakova 2000	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Sphaenosiphon violaceus (Crouan and Crouan 1858) Beljakova 2000	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), illegitimate name	synonym

Parent taxon: Dermocarpaceae Geitler 1925

Assigned by: Geitler L. Synoptische Darstellung der Cyanophyceen in morphologischer und systematischer Hinsicht. Beihefte zum Botanischen Centralblatt 1925; 41:163-294.

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Record number: 17849