Genus "Candidatus Brownia"

Name: "Candidatus Brownia" Gruwell et al. 2010

Category, proposed as: genus, Candidatus

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): feminine, BROW-ni-a

Type species: "Candidatus Brownia rhizoecola" Gruwell et al. 2010

Effective publication: Gruwell ME, Hardy NB, Gullan PJ, Dittmar K. Evolutionary relationships among primary endosymbionts of the mealybug subfamily phenacoccinae (hemiptera: Coccoidea: Pseudococcidae). Appl Environ Microbiol 2010; 76:7521-7525. 🇺🇸

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM, Parker CT, Chuvochina M, Trujillo ME. Candidatus list no. 1. Lists of names of prokaryotic Candidatus taxa. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:3956-4042.

Nomenclatural status: inaccurate spelling

Nomenclatural pro-status: inaccurate spelling

Taxonomic status: misspelling

Pro-correct name: "Candidatus Spencerbrownia" corrig. Gruwell et al. 2010

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Candidatus Spencerbrownia" corrig. Gruwell et al. 2010	corrected spelling of name, pro-validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 💥 This name is a homonym of Brownia A. d'Orbigny, 1841 (zoological); Brownia Nunberg, M., 1963 (zoological) [from Catalogue of Life].
  • 🧍 "Candidatus Brownia" Gruwell et al. 2010 is a later homonym of a genus name with standing in the zoological (animal) nomenclature: Brownia d'Orbigny 1841. "Candidatus Brownia" Gruwell et al. 2010 is also a later homonym of another genus name with standing in the zoological (animal) nomenclature: Brownia Adams 1858. "Candidatus Brownia" Gruwell et al. 2010 is also a later homonym of yet another genus name with standing in the zoological (animal) nomenclature: Brownia Nunberg 1963. The name has been corrected to "Candidatus Spencerbrownia". Publication: Oren A. "Candidatus list no. 0." A plea for linguistic accuracy – also for Candidatus taxa. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:1085-1094.

Subdivision:

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

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Candidatus Brownia rhizoecola" Gruwell et al. 2010	inaccurate spelling	misspelling

Parent taxon: [Betaproteobacteria, not assigned to family]

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Record number: 21743