Miosira Krammer, Lange-Bert. & W.Schiller

Miosira Krammer, Lange-Bert. & W.Schiller

Miosira Krammer, Lange-Bert. & W.Schiller in Notul. Algarum 324: 2. 22 Mar 20241

is validating2 Miosira Krammer, Lange-Bert. & W.Schiller in Paläontol. Z. 71(1-2): 10. 1997

Present designation (designated by Krammer, K., Lange-Bertalot, H. & Schiller, W.: 23): Miosira rhoenana Krammer, Lange-Bert. & W.Schiller4

1. Etymology: “Mio” derives from the Miocene (in the Tertiary), the epoque in which the fossil lived; “sira” means band (filament), 2. 44.1; Turland, N.J., Wiersema, J.H., Barrie, F.R., Greuter, W., Hawksworth, D.L., Herendeen, P.S., Knapp, S., Kusber, W.-H., Li, D.-Z., Marhold, K., May, T.W., McNeill, J., Monro, A.M., Prado, J., Price, M.J. & Smith, G.F. (eds.) 2018: International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants (Shenzhen Code), adopted by the Nineteenth International Botanical Congress, Shenzhen, China, July 2017. Regnum Vegetabile 159. – Glashütten: Koeltz Botanical Books, 3. Krammer, K., Lange-Bertalot, H. & Schiller, W. 2024 – In: Lange-Bertalot, H., Schiller, W. & Kusber, W.-H., Validation of the diatom genera Eolimna (Sellaphoraceae) and Miosira (Aulacoseiraceae). – Notulae Algarum 324, 4. Etymology: The species epithet points to the German “Rhön”, a landscape between Bavaria, Thuringia, and Hesse. Rhön may be derived from a Celtic word for “hill”