Name: Xenococcus schousboei Thuret 1880

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: schous.boe’i. N.L. gen. masc. n. schousboei, named to honor Peder Kofod Anker Schousboe, Danish botanist

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … s͡hous-BO͡E-i, masculine

Valid publication: Bornet É, Thuret G. Notes algologiques recueil d'observations sur les algues. Fasc. 2. G. Masson, Paris, 1880.

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Coleonema arenifera" Schousboe ex Bornet and Thuret 1880	heterotypic synonym, inaccurate spelling
    Dermocarpa schousboei (Thuret 1880) Bornet 1890	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
    "Coleonema areniferum" corrig. Schousboe ex Bornet and Thuret 1880	heterotypic synonym, not validly published

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Xenococcus Thuret 1880. Publication: Bornet É, Thuret G. Notes algologiques recueil d'observations sur les algues. Fasc. 2. G. Masson, Paris, 1880.
  • ⏰ According to Forti (1907), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of "Coleonema arenifera" Schousboe ex Bornet and Thuret 1880. Publication: Forti A. Myxophyceae. In: De Toni JB (eds), Sylloge algarum omnium hucusque cognitarum Vol. 5, Sumptibus auctoris, Padova, 1907, p. 1-761.
  • ⏰ According to Forti (1907), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of "Coleonema areniferum" corrig. Schousboe ex Bornet and Thuret 1880. Publication: Forti A. Myxophyceae. In: De Toni JB (eds), Sylloge algarum omnium hucusque cognitarum Vol. 5, Sumptibus auctoris, Padova, 1907, p. 1-761.
  • ✏ The authority of the taxon name (Thuret) deliberately differs from the authors of the publication (Bornet and Thuret).
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 0 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
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
    Xenococcus schousboei var. pallidus Hansgirg 1889	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym

Parent taxon: Xenococcus Thuret 1880

Assigned by: Bornet É, Thuret G. Notes algologiques recueil d'observations sur les algues. Fasc. 2. G. Masson, Paris, 1880.

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Record number: 8090