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| Odontidium F.T. Kutzing 7/9 Nov 1844, pg. 44 | |
| Generitype | LT: Odontidium hyemale (Lyngb.) Kutzing |
| Designated by | Taxon (1), 95-97 (006922) and ICBN 1952 , p. 71 (ref. 006905). |
| Year Designated | 1952 |
| Nomenclatural status | valid |
| Recent revisions | |
| Comments | Eight species originally included, no generitype designated. Listed as nom. rej. vs. Diatoma in the Paris Code (ICBN 1956, ref. 006916) because at that time Diatoma was conserved as of Grunow 1862. When the place of publication of the conserved name was taken back to Bory 1824 (see subsequent codes), Odontidium Kützing 1844 became a later taxonomic synonym and is no longer rejected. It can be used for a genus typified by O. hyemale that excludes Diatoma vulgaris. |
| Published in |
Kützing, F.T. 1844 (ref. 595) Die Kieselschaligen. Bacillarien oder Diatomeen. Nordhausen. 152 pp., 30 pls. |