Name: Symplocastrum (Gomont 1892) Kirchner 1898

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Sym.plo.cas.trum. N.L. neut. n. Symplocastrum

Gender: neuter

Type species: Symplocastrum friesii Kirchner 1898

Valid publication: Kirchner O. Schizophyceae. In: A. Engler KP (eds), Die natürlichen Pflanzenfamilien. I. Teil, Abt. 1a, Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig, 1898, p. 45-92.

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • Hoffmann et al. (2005) assigned this genus to the family Phormidiaceae Anagnostidis and Komárek 1988. Publication: Hoffmann L, Komárek J, Kaštovský J. System of cyanoprokaryotes (cyanobacteria) – state in 2004. Algol. Stud. 2005; 117:95-115.
  • This taxon name is occasionally misprinted in some sources as: "Sympiocastrum"; "Symplacastrum"; "Symplocmtrum".

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 2
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 2
Total number of child taxa: 2

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Symplocastrum friesii Kirchner 1898	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Symplocastrum muelleri (Nägeli ex Gomont 1892) Anagnostidis 2001	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name

Parent taxon: Microcoleaceae Komárek et al. 2014

Assigned by: Komárek J, Kaštovský J, Mareš J, Johansen JR. Taxonomic classification of cyanoprokaryotes (cyanobacterial genera) 2014, using a polyphasic approach. Preslia 2014; 86:295-335.

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Record number: 6502