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Genus Asterocapsa
Etymology: As.te.ro.cap’sa. Gr. masc. n. astêr, star; L. fem. n. capsa, box; N.L. fem. n. Asterocapsa, a star-like box
Gender: feminine (stem: Asterocaps-)
Type species: Asterocapsa gloeotheceformis Chu 1952
Valid publication: Chu H-J. Some New Myxophyceae from Szechwan Province, China. The Ohio Journal of Science 1952; 52:96-101.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
Taxonomic status: correct name
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Notes:
- 🧕 Chu (1952) assigned this genus to the family Chroococcaceae Rabenhorst 1863. Publication: Chu H-J. Some New Myxophyceae from Szechwan Province, China. The Ohio Journal of Science 1952; 52:96-101.
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🧕 Hoffmann et al. (2005) assigned this genus to the family Chroococcaceae Rabenhorst 1863.
Publication:
Hoffmann L, Komárek J, Kaštovský J. System of cyanoprokaryotes (cyanobacteria) – state in 2004. Algol. Stud. 2005; 117:95-115.
- 🧕 Komarek et al. (2014) assigned this genus to the family Chroococcaceae Rabenhorst 1863. Publication: Komárek J, Kaštovský J, Mareš J, Johansen JR. Taxonomic classification of cyanoprokaryotes (cyanobacterial genera) 2014, using a polyphasic approach. Preslia 2014; 86:295-335.
- 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Gloeothece Nägeli 1849. Publication: Bourrelly P. Les algues d'eau douce. Initiation à la systématique. Tome III: Les Algues bleues et rouges. Les Eugléniens, Peridiniens et Cryptomonadines. Boubée & Cie, Paris, 1970.
- 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Arterocapsa"; "Asferocapsa"; "Astemcapsa"; "Asteracapsa"; "Asterccapsa"; "Asterocapasa"; "Asteroeapsa"; "Asterpcapsa"; "Asteruwpsa"; "Axerocapsra".
- 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: TNS: 2; BRNM: 2; FCME: 1; SP: 1.
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 26
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 26
Total number of child taxa: 26
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status Asterocapsa aerophytica Lederer 2000 validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) correct name Asterocapsa alpina Cheng and Cai 1993 validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) correct name Asterocapsa badia Komárek 1993 validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) correct name Asterocapsa belizensis Komárek and Komárkova-Legnerová 2007 validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) correct name Asterocapsa changbaishanensis Wang 1985 validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) correct name Asterocapsa divina Komárek 1993 validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) correct name Asterocapsa gloeotheceformis Chu 1952 validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) correct name Asterocapsa heterospina Xiao and Cai 2001 validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) correct name Asterocapsa hyalina (Chu 1944) Chu 1952 validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) correct name Asterocapsa jilinica Xiao 2000 validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) correct name Asterocapsa longipapilla Liu 1985 validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) correct name Asterocapsa lutea Xiao 2000 validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) correct name Asterocapsa magnifica (Gardner 1927) Komárek 1993 validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) correct name Asterocapsa masayukiwatanabei Komárek 1993 validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) correct name Asterocapsa nidulans (Gardner 1927) Komárek and Komárkova-Legnerová 2007 validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) correct name Asterocapsa nigrospinosa Xiao 2000 validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) correct name Asterocapsa ocellata Xiao 2000 validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) correct name Asterocapsa pulchra (Gardner 1927) Komárek 1993 validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) correct name Asterocapsa rubiginosa Fan 2004 validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) correct name Asterocapsa rubra Wang 1985 validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) correct name Asterocapsa rupivolcanica Xiao 2001 validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) correct name Asterocapsa salina Hindák and Šmarda 2006 validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) correct name Asterocapsa spinulosa Lin and Xiao 2004 validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) correct name Asterocapsa stagnina Komárek and Komárkova-Legnerová 2007 validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) correct name Asterocapsa submersa Azevedo et al. 2003 validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) correct name Asterocapsa trochiscioides (Jao 1944) Chu 1952 validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) correct name
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Parent taxon: Microcystaceae Elenkin 1933
Assigned by:
Strunecky O, Ivanova AP, Mares J. An updated classification of cyanobacterial orders and families based on phylogenomic and polyphasic analysis. J Phycol 2023; 59:12-51. 
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Record number: 6191
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