Paleohorstia S.Blanco & C.E.Wetzel, 2016, nom. illeg.

Holotype species: Paleohorstia renateae (Siemińska & Kwiecińska) S.Blanco & C.E.Wetzel

Publication details: S.Blanco & C.E.Wetzel, 2016: 201

Currently accepted name for the type species: Horstia renateae Siemińska & Kwiecińska

Original publication and holotype designation: Blanco, S. & Wetzel, C.E. (2016). Replacement names for botanical taxa involving algal genera. Phytotaxa 266(3): 195-205.

Fossil: This is a genus of fossil species, or a genus with a fossil type species, or a genus the type species of which was originally described as a fossil.

The most recent alteration to this page was made on 2022-10-09 by E.A. Molinari Novoa.

Taxonomic status: This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Horstia.

Gender: This genus name is currently treated as feminine.

Nomenclatural note
Illegitimate: superfluous; the name allegedly competing in priority is "Horstia" Heister (1748), which is pre-Linnaean. - (03 September 2016) - Salvador Valenzuela Miranda

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E.A. Molinari Novoa in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 09 October 2022. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 23 April 2025