Name: Amorphonostoc punctiforme (Kützing 1841) Elenkin 1936

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: "Polycoccus punctiformis" Kützing 1841

Etymology: punc.ti.for’me. L. neut. adj. suff. -forme, having the form of; N.L. neut. adj. punctiforme, pointshaped

Pronunciation, gender: punk-ti-FOR-me, neuter

Valid publication: Elenkin AA. Sinezeleniye vodorosli SSSR. Monografiya presnovodnykh i nazemnykh S'yanofiseaye, obnaruzhennykh v predelakh SSSR. Obshchaya chast' [Blue-green algae of the USSR. Monograph of freshwater and terrestrial Syanofiseae found within the USSR. A common part]. Izdatel'stvo Akademii Nauk SSSR, Moscow & Leningrad, 1936.

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

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Nostoc punctiforme (Kützing 1841) Hariot 1891

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Microcystis punctiformis (Kützing 1841) Kirchner 1878	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
    Nostoc punctiforme (Kützing 1841) Hariot 1891	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
    "Polycoccus punctiformis" Kützing 1841	homotypic synonym, not validly published

• Notes:
  • ❗ Amorphonostoc punctiforme is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Amorphonostoc.
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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
    Amorphonostoc punctiforme f. polymorphum Kukk 1959	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name

Parent taxon: Amorphonostoc Elenkin 1936

Assigned by: Elenkin AA. Sinezeleniye vodorosli SSSR. Monografiya presnovodnykh i nazemnykh S'yanofiseaye, obnaruzhennykh v predelakh SSSR. Obshchaya chast' [Blue-green algae of the USSR. Monograph of freshwater and terrestrial Syanofiseae found within the USSR. A common part]. Izdatel'stvo Akademii Nauk SSSR, Moscow & Leningrad, 1936.

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Record number: 20430