Name: Pelonemataceae Skuja 1956

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov.

Etymology: Pe.lo.ne.ma.ta’ce.ae. N.L. fem. pl. n. Pelonemataceae, the Pelonema family

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: pe-lo-ne-ma-TA-ke-a͡e, feminine

Type genus: Pelonema Lauterborn 1915

Valid publication: Skuja H. Taxonomische und biologische Studien über das Phytoplankton schwedischer Binnengewässer. Nova acta Regiae Societatis Scientiarum Upsaliensis ser. 4 1956; 16:404.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Peloplocaceae Beger 1957	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)

• Notes:
  • 🚃 The type genus of this family has alternatively been placed in the family Peloplocaceae Beger 1957. Publication: Parker CD. Genus V. Thiobacillus Beijerinck 1904. In: Breed RS, Murray EGD, Smith NR (eds), Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 7th edition, The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1957, p. 83-88.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Pelanenmtaceae"; "Pelonvmataceae"; "Peloucmataceae".

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 4
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 6
Total number of child taxa: 6

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Achroonema Skuja 1948	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Desmanthos Skuja 1959	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), illegitimate name	synonym
    Desmanthos Skuja 1956	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Pelonema Lauterborn 1915	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Peloploca Lauterborn 1913	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Skujaephyconema Burkart 1959	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), illegitimate name	synonym

Parent taxon: Pelonematales Skuja 1956

Assigned by: Skuja H. Taxonomische und biologische Studien über das Phytoplankton schwedischer Binnengewässer. Nova Acta Regiae Societatis Scientiarum Upsaliensis, Series IV 1956; 16:1-404.

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Record number: 6164