Taxacom: Hogklintia vs Hoegklintia (ICN)- opinions please...

[Tony Rees]

Dear Taxacomers,

Just seeking opinions on the correct/"accepted" (=in current use) spelling
of an acritarch genus (fossil organic-walled microplankton, treated under
the botanical Code i.e. ICNafp).

In 1981 Ken Dorning, an acritarch taxonomist, created the genus Hogklintia
[sic], based on material from the "Högklint Beds, Högklint, Gotland", along
with several species transferred into that genus from elsewhere, namely
H. ancyrea, H. cylindrica and H. digitata, in addition to the type
species, Hogklintia visbyense n. comb. (Basionym : Baltisphaeridium
visbyense Eisenack 1959).

Ref. is Ken J. Dorning. (1981). Silurian acritarchs from the type Wenlock
and Ludlow of Shropshire, England. , 34(2), 175–203.
doi:10.1016/0034-6667(81)90037-3, and is accessible e.g. via sci-hub if not
elsewhere.

In 1988, Eley et al. started calling this genus Hoegklintia
(also Högklintia in their text), presumably treating Dornings original
orthography as incorrect based on the name of the type locality, then
transliterating ö to oe as permitted (actually, mandated) by the botanical
Code.

This reference is Eley, Betty E.; Legault, J. A. . (1988). Palymorphs from
the Manitoulin Formation (Early Llandovery) of southern Ontario.
Palynology, 12(1), 49–63. doi:10.1080/01916122.1988.9989336

These authors do not mention the fact that they have altered the
orthography of the name from the original, or any justification for this.

Since that time, the "-oe-" spelling has gradually permeated the
literature  overtaking the "-o-" spelling, as demonstrated in the following
table ex Google Scholar mentions, just now:

+ acritarch

            Hogklintia  Hoegklintia

1981-1985       5           0
1986-1990       5           2
1991-1995       3           2
1996-2000       3           10
2001-2005       2           8
2006-2010       2           12
2011-2015       1           9
2016-2020       2           8
2021-2014       1           4

Even Dorning himself is using "Hoegklintia" more recently, see e.g. 7 uses
(and none for the -o- form) in:
Le Hérissé, A., Dorning, K. J., Mullins, G. L., & Wicander, R. (2009).
Global patterns of organic-walled phytoplankton biodiversity during the
late Silurian to earliest Devonian. Palynology, 33(1), 25–75.
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Index Nominum Genericorum, and Index Nominum Algarum, 2 nomenclators
(registers of names as originally published), not surprisingly persist with
the (original) -o- form, citing the original 1981 publication. Meanwhile
the John Williams Index of Palaeopalynology, as reproduced in facsimile on
the "Acritax" website, which lists new species as originally described, has
a mix of both -o- and -oe- forms, see
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For my IRMNG database, I use "accepted" for names in current use, even if
technically incorrect, and "unaccepted" for others. What would you do in
this case? My inclination is to give Hoegklintia as "accepted", with
Hogklintia as an original spelling no longer used by the majority of
workers, but I am open to other suggestions...

Regards - Tony

Tony Rees, New South Wales, Australia
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