Genus "Chloroplana"

Name: "Chloroplana" Dubinina and Gorlenko 1975

Category, proposed as: genus, gen. nov.

Etymology: Chlo.ro.pla’na. L. fem. adj. plana, flat; N.L. fem. n. Chloroplana

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): feminine (stem: Chloroplan-), k^hlo-ro-PLA-na

Type species: "Chloroplana vacuolata" Dubinina and Gorlenko 1975

Original publication: Dubinina GA, Gorlenko VM. New filamentous photosynthetic green bacteria containing gas vacuoles. Mikrobiologiya 1975; 44:511-517.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

• Notes:
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Chtoroplana".
  • 💥 This name is a homonym of Chloroplana M.M. Hollerbach, 1936 (botanical) [from Catalogue of Life].
  • 🧍 Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "CLPN" 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.
  • 🧍 While the authors did not explicitly propose this taxon name, they did not provide a proper citation of the authority of the name either.

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
    "Chloroplana vacuolata" Dubinina and Gorlenko 1975	not validly published	preferred name

Parent taxon: Chlorobiaceae Copeland 1956 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Dubinina GA, Gorlenko VM. New filamentous photosynthetic green bacteria containing gas vacuoles. Mikrobiologiya 1975; 44:511-517.

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Record number: 25051