Genus Agmenellum

Name: Agmenellum Brébisson 1839

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: N.L. neut. dim. n. Agmenellum

Gender: neuter (stem: Agmenell-)

Type species: Agmenellum quadruplicatum (Meneghini 1837) Brébisson 1839

Valid publication: Brébisson A. [Title pending]. Mem. Soc. Acad. Sci., Arts, Bell.-Lett. Falaise 1839; 1839:2.

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

Notes:
- 🧕 Brebisson (1839) assigned this genus to the phylum "Cyanobacteria". Publication: Brébisson A. [Title pending]. Mem. Soc. Acad. Sci., Arts, Bell.-Lett. Falaise 1839; 1839:2.
- 🧕 Komarek and Golubic (1990) assigned this genus to the subfamily "Merismopedioideae". Publication: Komarek J, Golubic S. Guide to the Nomenclature and formal taxonomic treatment of oxyphototroph prokaryotes (Cyanoprokaryotes). Unknown Publisher, Unknown City, 1990.
- 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus [Trochiscia]. Publication: Meneghini G. Conspectus algologiae Euganeae. Comentarii di Medicina. Opera Periodica di G.F. Spongia 1837; 4:321-355.
- 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Agmenelium"; "Agmenellium"; "Agmenelum"; "Agmeoellum"; "Agnemellum".

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 2
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 2
Total number of child taxa: 2

Child taxa:

Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
Agmenellum quadruplicatum (Meneghini 1837) Brébisson 1839	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
Agmenellum thermale (Kützing 1843) Drouet and Daily 1956	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name

Parent taxon: Microcystaceae Elenkin 1933

Assigned by: Komárek J, Anagnostidis K. Modern approach to the classification system of cyanophytes, 2 - Chroococcales. Algological Studies/Archiv für Hydrobiologie 1986; 43:157-226.

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Record number: 7689

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