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Taxon: Genus Pythium Pringsh. (1858), nom. cons. (protist)
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Authorship

SN2000 author citation:  Pringsh., 1858, nom. praeocc., nom. cons.
Original name:  Pringsh., 1858. Jb. wiss. Bot. 1: 304.

Attributes

Conserved name (nom. cons. [prop.]) [ICBN/ICN, 2012: Art. 14, Rec. 50E.1, App. II-IV] Ref: N.J. Turland et al. (eds.), 2018. Int. Code Nomencl. (Shenzhen Code): App. III B.
Later homonym (exact spelling) (nom. illeg.[: praeocc.]) [IC[B]N: Art. 53.1] Ref: P.M. Kirk et al. (eds.), 2008. Dict. Fungi (ed. 10): 755. [implicit]

Types

Type of: Pythiaceae (Family)
Type, by original designation, of: Pythiista (Superclass) Caval.-Sm. (1986) Ref: T. Cavalier-Smith, 1986: 342. [new]
Type: Pythium monospermum Pringsheim Ref: Index Fungorum, present: 3 Jan 2014.

Homonyms

Senior homonym: Pythium (Genus) Nees (1823), nom. rej. Ref: P.M. Kirk et al. (eds.), 2008: 755. [implicit]
Rejected homonym: Pythium (Genus) Nees (1823), nom. rej. Ref: N.J. Turland et al. (eds.), 2018: App. III B.

Synonyms

Rejected heterotypic synonym: Artotrogus (Genus) Mont. (1845) Ref: N.J. Turland et al. (eds.), 2018: App. III B.
Synonymous name: Eupythium (Genus) Nieuwl. (1916) Ref: P.M. Kirk et al. (eds.), 2001: 570.
Synonymous name: Nematosporangium (Genus) (A.Fisch.) J.Schröt. (1893) Ref: P.M. Kirk et al. (eds.), 2001: 570.
Synonymous name: Rheosporangium (Genus) Edson (1915) Ref: P.M. Kirk et al. (eds.), 2001: 570.
Synonymous name (subjective): Artotrogus (Genus) Mont. (1845) Ref: P.M. Kirk et al. (eds.), 2001: 570.
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