Name: "Prochlorophyta" Lewin 1976

Category: Division

Proposed as: new division

Etymology: N.L. neut. pl. n. Prochlorophyta

Type genus: "Prochloron" (ex Lewin 1977) Florenzano et al. 1986

Original publication: Lewin RA. Prochlorophyta as a proposed new division of algae. Nature 1976; 261:697-698.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Lewin (1976) assigned this division to the kingdom "Procaryotae" Murray 1968. Publication: Lewin RA. Prochlorophyta as a proposed new division of algae. Nature 1976; 261:697-698.
  • 🧒 Lewin (1977) assigned the class "Prochlorophyceae" Lewin 1977 to this division. Publication: Lewin RA. Prochloron, type genus of the Prochlorophyta. Phycologia 1977; 16:217.
  • 😵 The taxonomic category of this name is not currently in use in the LPSN hierarchy. For this reason, this name does not have a parent taxon and does not have child taxa.
  • 🧍 See also Lewin (1977). Publication: Lewin RA. Prochloron, type genus of the Prochlorophyta. Phycologia 1977; 16:217.

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Record number: 58075