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Taxon: Class "Hyphochytridiomycetes" Alexop. (1962), nom. inval., orth. inval. (fungus)
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Authorship

SN2000 author citation:  C.J. Alexopoulos, 1962, nom. inval., orth. imperf.
Original name & spelling:  Sparrow, F.K. 1958(1959). Mycologia 50 (6): 811. [unranked, sine descr. Lat.].
Subsequent rank (orig. spell.):  Alexopoulos, C.J. 1962. Introd. Mycol. (ed. 2): 36, 37 (key), 130. ≡

Attributes

Orthographical error (orth. inval.: orth. imperf.) [ICBN/ICN, 2018: Art. 61.1 (original)] Ref: M.W. Dick, 1983. In S.T. Buczacki (ed.), Zoosporic Plant Pathogens: [285] ("Sparrow (1958) ... class name ... unnecessary "id"").
No Latin descr./diagn. (nom. inval.: sine descr. Lat.) [ICBN/ICN, 2012: Art. 39.1 (1935-2011)] Ref: J.C. David, 2002. Constancea 83.16: 15 ("Hyphochytriomycetes, as class: Alexop. ... 1962."). [implicit]

Types

Type: Hyphochytrium (Genus) Zopf (1884) Ref: J.C. David, 2002: 15 ("Hyphochytriomycetes, as class: Alexop. ... 1962."). [implicit]

Variants

Former unranked name: Hyphochytridiomycetes ([unranked]) Sparrow (1959), nom. inval. Ref: C.J. Alexopoulos, 1962: 36. [inferred]
Correct spelling: Hyphochytriomycetes (Class) Alexop. (1962), nom. inval. Ref: M.W. Dick, 1983: [285]. [new]
Preferred spelling: Hyphochytriomycetes (Class) Alexop. (1962), nom. inval. Ref: M.W. Dick, 1982: 180. [new]

Synonyms

Synonymous name: hyphochytrids (Class)
Vernacular name: hyphochytridiomycetes ([unranked]) nom. vernac. Ref: C.J. Alexopoulos, 1962: 36. [inferred]
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