Genus Vanhoeffenia

Name: Vanhoeffenia Wille 1924

Category, proposed as: genus, gen. nov.

Etymology: Van.hoef.fe’ni.a. N.L. fem. n. Vanhoeffenia, named to honor Ernst Vanhöffen, German biologist

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): feminine (stem: Vanhoeffeni-), wan-ho͡ef-FE-ni-a

Type species: Vanhoeffenia antarctica Wille 1924

Valid publication: Wille N. Süsswasseralgen von der deutschen Südpolar-Expedition auf dem Schiff "Gauss". In: Drygalski Ev (eds), Deutsche Sudpolar-Expedition 1901-1903. Bd. VIII, G. Reimer, Berlin, 1924, p. 373-444.

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Vanhoffenia".
  • 💥 This name is a homonym of Vanhoeffenia Attems, 1908 (zoological) [from Catalogue of Life].

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 1
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
    Vanhoeffenia antarctica Wille 1924	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name

Parent taxon: Entophysalidaceae Geitler 1925

Assigned by: Komárek J, Golubić S. Guide to the Nomenclature and formal taxonomic treatment of oxyphototroph prokaryotes (Cyanoprokaryotes). Published by the Authors, Třeboň and Boston, 1990.

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Record number: 17881