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Name: Brachynema Ercegović 1931

Category, proposed as: genus, gen. nov.

Etymology: Bra.chy.ne’ma. Gr. masc. adj. brachys, short; Gr. neut. n. nêma, thread; N.L. neut. n. Brachynema, a short thread

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): neuter (stem: Brachynemat-), bra-khy-NE-ma

Type species: Brachynema litorale Ercegović 1931

Valid publication: Ercegovic A. Podocapsa et Brachynema, deux genres nouveaux Chamaesiphonales de la côte adriatique de Dalmatie. Acta botanica Instituti Botanici Universitatis Zagrebiensis 1931; 6:33-37.

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

  • Notes:
    • 🧕 Komarek and Golubic (1990) assigned this genus to the subfamily "Podocapsoideae". Publication: Komárek J, Golubić S. Guide to the Nomenclature and formal taxonomic treatment of oxyphototroph prokaryotes (Cyanoprokaryotes). Published by the Authors, Třeboň and Boston, 1990.
    • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Bracbynema".
    • 💥 This name is a homonym of Brachynema G. Ålvik, 1934 (botanical); Brachynema Benth. (botanical); Brachynema F.Muell. (botanical) [from Catalogue of Life].

Subdivision:

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

Parent taxon: Hydrococcaceae Kützing 1843

Assigned by: Komárek J, Golubić S. Guide to the Nomenclature and formal taxonomic treatment of oxyphototroph prokaryotes (Cyanoprokaryotes). Published by the Authors, Třeboň and Boston, 1990.

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Record number: 17973