Genus Blennothrix

Name: Blennothrix Kützing ex Anagnostidis and Komárek 1988

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Blen.no’thrix. Gr. neut. n. blennos, slime; Gr. fem. n. thrix, hair; N.L. fem. n. Blennothrix, a slimy hair

Gender, pronunciation: feminine (stem: Blennotrich-), blen-NO-t^hriks

Type species: Blennothrix vermicularis Kützing ex Anagnostidis and Komárek 1988

Valid publication: Anagnostidis K, Komárek J. Modern approach to the classification system of cyanophytes 3 - Oscillatoriales. Algological Studies 1988; 50-53:327-472.

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

Notes:
- 🧕 Hoffmann et al. (2005) assigned this genus to the family Oscillatoriaceae Engler 1898. 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 Oscillatoriaceae Engler 1898. 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 BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: TNS: 1.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 21
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 21
Total number of child taxa: 22

Child taxa:

Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
Blennothrix boergesenii (Gardner 1932) Anagnostidis 2001	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
Blennothrix brebissonii (Kützing 1847) Anagnostidis and Komárek 1988	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
Blennothrix bremii (Nägeli ex Forti 1907) Anagnostidis and Komárek 1988	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
Blennothrix cantharidosma (Gomont ex Gomont 1892) Anagnostidis and Komárek 1988	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
Blennothrix cavanillesii (González Guerrero 1946) Anagnostidis 2001	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
Blennothrix coerulea (Gardner 1927) Anagnostidis and Komárek 1988	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
Blennothrix comoides (Gomont 1892) Anagnostidis and Komárek 1988	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
Blennothrix confluens (Setchell and Gardner 1918) Umezaki 1995	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
Blennothrix fontana (Jao 1944) Anagnostidis and Komárek 1988	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
Blennothrix ganeshii Watanabe and Komárek 1989	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
Blennothrix glutinosa (Gomont ex Gomont 1892) Anagnostidis and Komárek 2001	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
Blennothrix groesbeckiana (Drouet 1943) Anagnostidis 2001	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
Blennothrix heterotricha (Kützing ex Gomont 1892) Anagnostidis and Komárek 1988	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
Blennothrix komarekii Branco and Montejano 2006	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
Blennothrix lauterbachii (Hieronymus and Schmidle 1901) Anagnostidis and Komárek 1988	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
Blennothrix lyngbyacea (Kützing ex Gomont 1892) Anagnostidis and Komárek 1988	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
Blennothrix major corrig. (Holden 1899) Anagnostidis and Komárek 1988	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
Blennothrix majus (Holden 1899) Anagnostidis and Komárek 1988	inaccurate spelling (ICN [Botanical Code])	misspelling
Blennothrix minor (Geitler 1933) Anagnostidis 2001	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
Blennothrix mirifica (Jao 1948) Anagnostidis 2001	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
Blennothrix ravenelii (Wolle ex Forti 1907) Anagnostidis and Komárek 1988	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
Blennothrix vermicularis Kützing ex Anagnostidis and Komárek 1988	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name

Parent taxon: Microcoleaceae (Hansgirg 1892) Strunecký et al. 2013

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: 6320

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Genus Blennothrix