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| Actinoneis P.T. Cleve 1895, pg. 185 | |
| Generitype | T: not designated |
| Designated by | |
| Year Designated | 0 |
| Nomenclatural status | subgenus |
| Recent revisions | |
| Comments | This name was first proposed by Cleve (1893) as follows (translated from French)(Cleve 1893; infrapaginal note p. 57, ref. 000230): "I propose to unite Cocconeis and Achnanthes and to form new genera with forms that are linked by essential characters, under the names Actinoneis, Heteroneis, Achnanthes, Achnanthidium, etc." Also in Cleve 1893, two species were described and illustrated: Achnanthes (Actinoneis Cl.) heteromorpha Grun (pl. III, fig. 11-12) and Achnanthes (Actinoneis Cl.) inopinata Cl. (p. 57, pl. III fig. 13-14). Actinoneis was not validly published in Cleve 1893 because it did not include a description while including more than one species (see ICBN, 1994, Art. 42). A description is provided in Cleve 1895 (ref. 000949). Here in Cleve 1895 it is clearly treated as a subgenus (see p. 164), although introduced as a "genus" p. 185. Furthermore, Cleve does not propose any new combinations which shows that he considers it as a subgenus. Nine Achnanthes species are included, and no type is designated. Name validated by Mereschkowsky 1902 (ref. 652), pp. 43, 65, who introduced Actinoneis lorenziana var. parva. All combinations under Actinoneis published before Mereschkowsky 1902 are invalid. |
| Published in |
Cleve, P.T. 1895 (ref. 949) Synopsis of the Naviculoid Diatoms, Part II Kongliga Svenska-Vetenskaps Akademiens Handlingar, Vol:27[3], 1-219, 4 pls |