Name: Stichosiphon Geitler 1932

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Sti.cho.si’phon. Gr. masc. n. stichos, a row; Gr. masc. n. siphôn, tube; N.L. masc. n. Stichosiphon, a row of tubes

Gender, pronunciation: masculine (stem: Stichosiphon-), sti-k^ho-SI-p^hon

Type species: Stichosiphon regularis Geitler 1932

Valid publication: Geitler L. Cyanophyceae. In: Rabenhorst L (eds), Kryptogamen-Flora von Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz, Vol. 14, Akademische Verlagsgesellschaft, Leipzig, 1932, p. 1-1196.

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family "Stichosiphonaceae" Hoffmann et al. 2005. Publication: Hoffmann L, Komárek J, Kastovsky J. System of cyanoprokaryotes (cyanobacteria) - state in 2004. Algological Studies 2005; 117:95-115.
  • 🧕 Strunecky et al. (2023) assigned this genus to the family Chamaesiphonaceae Borzì 1878. 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.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Stichosiplron".
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: FCME: 1; SP: 1.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 15
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 15
Total number of child taxa: 17

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Stichosiphon exiguus Montejano et al. 1997	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Stichosiphon filamentosus (Ghose 1924) Geitler 1932	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Stichosiphon gardneri Komárek 1989	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Stichosiphon hansgirgii Geitler 1932	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Stichosiphon himalayensis Jao and Zhu 1966	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Stichosiphon indica Rao 1935	inaccurate spelling (ICN [Botanical Code])	misspelling
    Stichosiphon indicus corrig. Rao 1935	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Stichosiphon longus Smirnova and Beljakova 2016	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Stichosiphon mangle Branco et al. 1995	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Stichosiphon pseudopolymorphus (Fritsch 1929) Komárek 1989	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Stichosiphon regularis Geitler 1932	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Stichosiphon sansibaricus (Hieronymus 1895) Drouet and Daily 1952	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Stichosiphon skujae Montejano et al. 1997	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Stichosiphon subarcticus Smirnova and Beljakova 2018	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Stichosiphon tener corrig. Smirnova and Beljakova 2016	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Stichosiphon tenerum Smirnova and Beljakova 2016	inaccurate spelling (ICN [Botanical Code])	misspelling
    Stichosiphon willei (Gardner 1927) Komárek and Anagnostidis 1995	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name

Parent taxon: "Stichosiphonaceae" Hoffmann et al. 2005

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: 6224