Name: Chlorogloeopsis Mitra and Pandey 1967

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Chlo.ro.gloe.op’sis. N.L. fem. n. Chlorogloea, a cyanobacterial genus; Gr. fem. n. opsis, aspect, appearance; N.L. fem. n. Chlorogloeopsis, that which appears similar to Chlorogloea

Gender, pronunciation: feminine (stem: Chlorogloeopsid-), k^hlo-ro-glo͡e-OP-sis

Type species: Chlorogloeopsis fritschii (Mitra 1950) Mitra and Pandey 1967

Valid publication: Mitra AK, Pandey DC. On a new genus of the blue-green alga Chlorogloeopsis with remarks on the production of heterocysts in the alga. Phykos 1967; 5:106-114.

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family Chlorogloeopsidaceae Mitra and Pandey 1967. Publication: Mitra AK, Pandey DC. On a new genus of the blue-green alga Chlorogloeopsis with remarks on the production of heterocysts in the alga. Phykos 1967; 5:106-114.
  • 🧕 Boone et al. (2001) assigned this genus to the class "Cyanobacteria". Publication: Garrity GM, Holt JG. The Road Map to the Manual. In: Boone DR, Castenholz RW, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, second edition, vol. 1 (The Archaea and the deeply branching and phototrophic Bacteria), Springer-Verlag, New York, 2001, p. 119-166.
  • 🧕 Strunecky et al. (2023) assigned this genus to the family Hapalosiphonaceae Elenkin 1916. 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.
  • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Nostoc Vaucher ex Bornet and Flahault 1886. Publication: Schwabe GH, El Ayouty E. Über drei hormogonale Blaualgen aus indischen Boden. Nova Hedwigia 1966; 10:527-536.
  • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Chlorogloea Wille 1900. Publication: Mitra J. Two new algae from Indian soils. Annals of Botany New Series 1950; 14:457-463.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Chloragloeopsis"; "Chlorngloeopsis"; "Chloroglioeopsis"; "Chloroglocopsis"; "Chlorogloecwsis"; "Chlorogloeospsis".
  • 🧍 Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "CLGL" for this genus name but this does not appear to be of practical relevance any longer. Publication: Pittman KF, Walczak CA, Lock CM. Codes and abbreviations for approved of effectively published names of genera of bacteria published from January 1980 to December 1990. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1991; 41:571-579.

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

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Chlorogloeopsis fritschii (Mitra 1950) Mitra and Pandey 1967	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name

Parent taxon: Chlorogloeopsidaceae Mitra and Pandey 1967

Assigned by: Mitra AK, Pandey DC. On a new genus of the blue-green alga Chlorogloeopsis with remarks on the production of heterocysts in the alga. Phykos 1967; 5:106-114.

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