Name: Bacillosiphon Copeland 1936

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Ba.cil.lo.si’phon. L. masc. n. bacillus, a little staff; Gr. masc. n. siphôn, tube; N.L. masc. n. Bacillosiphon, a tube like a little staff

Gender, pronunciation: masculine (stem: Bacillosiphon-), ba-kil-lo-SI-p^hon

Type species: Bacillosiphon induratus Copeland 1936

Valid publication: Copeland J. Yellowstone thermal Myxophyceae. Ann. New York Acad. Sci. 1936; 36:157.

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

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Bacularia Borzì 1905

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Bacularia Borzì 1905	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Copeland (1936) assigned this genus to the family Entophysalidaceae Geitler 1925. Publication: Copeland JJ. YELLOWSTONE THERMAL MYXOPHYCEAE. Ann. New York Acad. Sci. 1936; 36:20.
  • 🧕 Komarek and Golubic (1990) assigned this genus to the subfamily "Aphanothecoideae". Publication: Komarek J, Golubic S. Guide to the Nomenclature and formal taxonomic treatment of oxyphototroph prokaryotes (Cyanoprokaryotes). Unknown Publisher, Unknown City, 1990.
  • 🚂 For the type species of this genus another name is in use, which is affiliated with the genus Bacularia Borzì 1905. Publication: Frémy P. Cyanophyceae. Exploration du Parc National Albert Park, Mission H Dumas 1949; 19:17-51.
  • ❗ Bacillosiphon is the correct name instead if this genus is regarded as a separate genus (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another genus whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority).

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 1
Total number of child taxa: 1

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Bacillosiphon induratus Copeland 1936	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym

Parent taxon: Cymatolegaceae Strunecký and Mareš 2023

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: 17946