Name: Symplocastrum Gomont 1892

Category: Subgenus

Proposed as: subgen. nov.

Etymology: Sym.plo.cas’trum. N.L. neut. n. Symplocastrum, a star-like braided-together organism

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: sym-plo-KAS-trum, neuter (stem: Symplocastr-)

Valid publication: Gomont M. Monographie des Oscillariées (Nostocacées homocystées). Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Botanique, Série 7 1892; 15:263-368.

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Gomont (1892) assigned this subgenus to the genus Symploca Kützing ex Gomont 1892. Publication: Gomont M. Monographie des Oscillariées (Nostocacées homocystées). Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Botanique, Série 7 1892; 15:263-368.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Sympiocastrum"; "Symplacastrum"; "Symplocasttum"; "Symplocmtrum".
  • 😵 The taxonomic category of this name is not currently in use in the LPSN hierarchy. For this reason, this name does not have a parent taxon and does not have child taxa.

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Record number: 47241