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Monotypic taxon: Genus Leptonema Hovind-Hougen 1983 nom. illeg. (prokaryote)
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Authorship

SN2000 author citation Hovind-Hougen, 1979/1983, nom. praeocc.

Attributes

Later homonym (nom. illeg.[: praeocc.]) [ICNP, 2019: Rule 51b(4) (<2001: prokaryotes/fungi/algae/protozoa/viruses)] Ref: LPSN, 2020-present. LPSN: [15 May 2026] ("Later homonym of ... Reinke 1888 (brown algae, which makes this pre-2001 name illegitimate) and of ... A.H.L. Jussieu 1824 (Euphorbiaceae).") (Shipunov, 2011).

Types

Type, by monotypyLeptonema illini Hovind-Hougen 1983

Homonyms

Senior homonym (allowed)Leptonema (Genus) Lendenfeld, 1915, nom. illeg. Ref: S.J. Brands (comp.), 1989-present: 15 May 2026.
Senior homonym (allowed)Leptonema (Genus) Guérin-Meneville, 1844 Ref: S.J. Brands (comp.), 1989-present: 20 Jan 2015.
Senior homonym (allowed)Leptonema (Genus) A.Juss. (1824) Ref: S.J. Brands (comp.), 1989-present: 20 Jan 2015.
Senior homonym (allowed)Leptonema (Subgenus) Lendenfeld, 1915, nom. illeg. Ref: S.J. Brands (comp.), 1989-present: 15 May 2026.
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