Genus Blennothrix

Name: Blennothrix Kützing ex Anagnostidis and Komárek 1988

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Gr. fem. n. thrix, hair; N.L. fem. n. Blennothrix

Gender: feminine (stem: Blennotrich-)

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:
- Strunecky et al. (2023) assigned this genus to the family Microcoleaceae Strunecký et al. 2013. Publication: 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.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 20
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 20
Total number of child taxa: 20

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 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 (Holden 1899) Anagnostidis and Komárek 1988	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
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: Oscillatoriaceae Engler 1898

Assigned by: Hoffmann L, Komárek J, Kaštovský J. System of cyanoprokaryotes (cyanobacteria) – state in 2004. Algol. Stud. 2005; 117:95-115.

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Record number: 6320

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