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Monotypic taxon: Genus "Prochloron" Lewin (1977), nom. inval. (alga)
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Authorship

SN2000 author citation:  R.A. Lewin, 1977, nom. bot. nov., typ. inval.
Original name, rank & spelling:  Lewin, R.A. 1977b. Phycologia 16 (2): 217.
Original use as a botanical name:  op. cit.: 217 ("International Code of Botanical Nomenclature").
Description/Diagnosis in Latin:  loc. cit.
Description/Diagnosis in English:  loc. cit.
Elaboration on authorship:  Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. Syst. Nat. 2000: 11 Jan 2026.

Attributes

Botanical name, by original use (: nom. bot. nov.) Ref: R.A. Lewin, 1977b. Phycologia 16 (2): 217. [new]
Not validly published name (nom. inval.) [ICBN/ICN, 2012: Arts. 32-45] Ref: L. Hoffmann & W. Greuter, 1993. Taxon 42 (3): 643 ("Art. 37.1-2"); LPSN[11 Jan 2026] ("Previously, the genus name Prochloron was thought to be validly published under the Botanical Code by Lewin 1977."). ≡
Botanical name (: nom. bot.) [ICBN/ICN] Ref: E.R. Farr & G. Zijlstra (eds.), 1996-present. ING: 9 Feb 1996.
Type species: not validly published (nom.[: typ.] inval.) [ICBN/ICN, 2018: Arts. 10.3, 40.1 (<=genus, >=1958)] Ref: L. Hoffmann & W. Greuter, 1993. Taxon 42 (3): 643.

Types

Type of: Prochloraceae (Family) Lewin (1977), nom. inval. Ref: O. Strunecký et al., 2023: tbl. 1. [implicit]
Type, by original designation and monotypy: Prochloron didemni (Lewin) Lewin (1977), nom. inval. Ref: R.A. Lewin, 1977b: 217. [new]

Variants

Validly published name: Prochloron (Genus) Lewin ex Florenzano, Balloni & Materassi (1986), nom. inval. Ref: L. Hoffmann & W. Greuter, 1993: 643. [new]
Validly published name: Prochloron (Genus) Lewin ex L.Hoffm. & Greuter (1993) Ref: L. Hoffmann & W. Greuter, 1993: 643. [new] [implicit]
Name in subsequent code of nomenclature: Prochloron (Genus) (ex Lewin 1977) Florenzano et al. 1986 nom. inval. Ref: J.P. Euzéby, 1997-present: 12 Feb 2014.
Name in preferred code of nomenclature: Prochloron (Genus) (ex Lewin 1977) Florenzano et al. 1986 nom. inval. Ref: J.P. Euzéby, 1997-present: 12 Feb 2014.
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