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| Amphitropis L. Rabenhorst 1868, p. 416 | |
| Generitype | T: Amphitopis alata (Ehrenberg) Rabenhorst 1864 (= Navicula alata Ehrenberg 1840) |
| Designated by | Rabenhorst (006507) |
| Year Designated | 1868 |
| Nomenclatural status | valid/superfluous |
| Recent revisions | |
| Comments | Typified by type of replaced name. Comments: In Rabenhorst 1868 (ref. 006507), p. 416 (addenda and corrigenda) there is the following statement: "Pag. 257 lin. 6 locco "Amphicampa" lege Amphitropis, et lin. 5 ab inf. adde: in rivulo salso prope Sondershausen Thuringiae (Cohn).", this refers to the genus Amphicampa Rab. 1864 (ref. 000775) p. 257. Rabenhorst offers the name Amphitropis as a substitute name for Amphicampa Rab. Superfluous substitute name for Amphicampa Rabenhorst 1864, non (C.G. Ehrenberg) Ralfs 1861. Synonym (nomenclatural synonym): Entomoneis Ehrenberg 1845. |
| Published in |
Rabenhorst, L. 1868 (ref. 6507) Flora Europea algarum aquae dulcis et submarinae. Sectio III. Algas chlorophyllophyceas, melanophyceas et rhodophyceas complectens. Lipsiae. Apud Eduardum Kummerum. pp. 1-461 |