Name: Bacularia Borzì 1905

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Ba.cu.la’ri.a. L. neut. n. baculum, rod; N.L. fem. n. Bacularia, a rod-shaped organism

Gender, pronunciation: feminine (stem: Baculari-), ba-ku-LA-ri-a

Type species: Bacularia coerulescens Borzì 1905

Valid publication: Borzì A. Genri nuovi di Chroococcacee. Nuovo Notarisia 1905; 16:20-21.

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Bacillosiphon Copeland 1936	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Hoffmann et al. (2005) assigned this genus to the family Synechococcaceae Komárek and Anagnostidis 1995. 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 Synechococcaceae Komárek and Anagnostidis 1995. 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.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Bacilaria"; "Baculahianev"; "Vacularia".

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 5
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 5
Total number of child taxa: 5

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Bacularia coerulescens Borzì 1905	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Bacularia gracilis Komárek 1995	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Bacularia indurata (Copeland 1936) Frémy 1949	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Bacularia thermalis Frémy 1949	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Bacularia vermicularis Komárek and Anagnostidis 1995	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name

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: 6417