Longest generic name

[Paul van Rijckevorsel]

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From: Paul Kirk <p.kirk at CABI.ORG>
> From the Kew list of genera it's:

> Pseudoblepharispermum (21 characters) - Compositae

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That indeed is pretty bad.
However, according to Mabberley (2002) it is a current name.
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> From ING it looks like it's:

> Protoatherospermoxylon (22 characters) - Monimaceae

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This is a fossil, as are just about all names that put a generic name before
"-xylon" (but note Verbenoxylum for an extant taxon).
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> or perhaps:

> Hueber-Pestalozziamonas (23 characters) - Peranemataceae

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I am almost entirely ignorant about Algae, but the family is definitely
wrong.
The Algal family name Peranemataceae was illegitimate to begin with and has
now been conserved against (ICBN: 121. 2000 ).
This name is conserved for a fern family.
Careful, careful, ;-), PvR
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> Others within the ICBN are fossils, the longest being:

> Noeggerathiopsidozonotriletes (29 characters)

> Cheers,

> Paul M. Kirk
> (Mycologist)