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IRMNG name details

Electrophycus G. Poinar & A.E. Brown, 2019 †

11947690  (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:11947690)

 unaccepted > unavailable name (type species is unavailable (AlgaeBase))
Genus
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
Poinar, G.; Brown, A. E. (2019). A green algae (Chaetophorales: Chaetophoraceae) in Burmese amber. <em>Historical Biology.</em> 33(3): 323-327., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/08912963.2019.1616719 [details] 
Taxonomic remark Originally published as a terrestrial alga (Chaetophoraceae); subsequently re-interpreted as a portion of a fossil flower...  
Taxonomic remark Originally published as a terrestrial alga (Chaetophoraceae); subsequently re-interpreted as a portion of a fossil flower in Rhamnaceae, refer Poinar & Chambers, 2022. Type species is invalid according to AlgaeBase (2025), which states: None of the validating illustrations were identified as representing the type specimen. [details]
IRMNG (2025). Electrophycus G. Poinar & A.E. Brown, 2019 †. Accessed at: https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=11947690 on 2026-06-13
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original description Poinar, G.; Brown, A. E. (2019). A green algae (Chaetophorales: Chaetophoraceae) in Burmese amber. <em>Historical Biology.</em> 33(3): 323-327., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/08912963.2019.1616719 [details] 

basis of record Poinar, G.; Brown, A. E. (2019). A green algae (Chaetophorales: Chaetophoraceae) in Burmese amber. <em>Historical Biology.</em> 33(3): 323-327., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/08912963.2019.1616719 [details] 

source of synonymy Poinar, Jr., G. O.; Chambers, K. L. (2022). Additional fossil specimens of Eophylica (Rhamnaceae) in mid-Cretaceous amber from the Hukawng Valley, Myanmar. <em>Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas.</em> 16(1): 63-72., available online at https://doi.org/10.17348/jbrit.v16.i1.1221 [details] 

status source Guiry, M. D.; Guiry, G. M. AlgaeBase (2025 version). , available online at https://www.algaebase.org [details] 

name verified source Poinar, G.; Brown, A. E. (2019). A green algae (Chaetophorales: Chaetophoraceae) in Burmese amber. <em>Historical Biology.</em> 33(3): 323-327., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/08912963.2019.1616719 [details] 

extant flag source Poinar, G.; Brown, A. E. (2019). A green algae (Chaetophorales: Chaetophoraceae) in Burmese amber. <em>Historical Biology.</em> 33(3): 323-327., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/08912963.2019.1616719 [details] 

habitat flag source Poinar, G.; Brown, A. E. (2019). A green algae (Chaetophorales: Chaetophoraceae) in Burmese amber. <em>Historical Biology.</em> 33(3): 323-327., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/08912963.2019.1616719 [details] 
Unreviewed
Taxonomic remark Originally published as a terrestrial alga (Chaetophoraceae); subsequently re-interpreted as a portion of a fossil flower in Rhamnaceae, refer Poinar & Chambers, 2022. Type species is invalid according to AlgaeBase (2025), which states: None of the validating illustrations were identified as representing the type specimen. [details]

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