Name: Vittophyton Vologdin 1962

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Vit.to’phy.ton. L. fem. n. vitta, head-band, fillet; Gr. neut. n. phyton, plant; N.L. neut. n. Vittophyton, probably meaning a head-band-like plant

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): neuter (stem: Vittophyt-), wit-TO-p^hy-ton

Type species: Vittophyton parvum Vologdin 1962

Valid publication: Vologdin AG. Drevnejshie vodorosli SSSR [Ancient Algae of the USSR]. Izdatel'stvo Akademii Nauk SSSR. [in Russian], Moscow, 1962.

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: "Viltophyton".

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
    Vittophyton parvum Vologdin 1962	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name

Parent taxon: Plexostromataceae Vologdin 1962

Assigned by: Vologdin AG. Drevnejshie vodorosli SSSR [Ancient Algae of the USSR]. Izdatel'stvo Akademii Nauk SSSR. [in Russian], Moscow, 1962.

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Record number: 47067