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Genus Chondrocystis
Name: Chondrocystis Lemmermann 1899
Etymology: Chon.dro.cys’tis. Gr. fem. n. kystis, a bag; N.L. fem. n. Chondrocystis, a granular bag
Gender, pronunciation: feminine (stem: Chondrocyst-), khon-dro-KYS-tis
Type species: Chondrocystis schauinslandii Lemmermann 1899
Valid publication: Lemmermann E. Ergebnisse einer Reise nach dem Pacific. (H. Schauinsland 1896/97.) Planktonalgen. Abhandlungen herausgegeben vom Naturwissenschaftlichen Verein zu Bremen 1899; 16:313-398.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
Taxonomic status: correct name
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Notes:
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🧕 Hoffmann et al. (2005) assigned this genus to the family Microcystaceae Elenkin 1933.
Publication:
Hoffmann L, Komárek J, Kaštovský J. System of cyanoprokaryotes (cyanobacteria) – state in 2004. Algol. Stud. 2005; 117:95-115.
- 🧕 Komarek et al. (2014) assigned this genus to the family Chroococcaceae Rabenhorst 1863. Publication: Komárek J, Kaštovský J, Mareš J, Johansen JR. Taxonomic classification of cyanoprokaryotes (cyanobacterial genera) 2014, using a polyphasic approach. Preslia 2014; 86:295-335.
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🧕 Strunecky et al. (2023) assigned this genus to the family Pleurocapsaceae Geitler 1925.
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.
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🧕 Hoffmann et al. (2005) assigned this genus to the family Microcystaceae Elenkin 1933.
Publication:
Hoffmann L, Komárek J, Kaštovský J. System of cyanoprokaryotes (cyanobacteria) – state in 2004. Algol. Stud. 2005; 117:95-115.
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 3
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 4
Total number of child taxa: 4
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status Chondrocystis bracei Howe 1924 validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) synonym Chondrocystis dermochroa (Nägeli 1849) Komárek and Anagnostidis 1995 validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) correct name Chondrocystis sarcinoides (Elenkin 1923) Komárek and Anagnostidis 1995 validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) correct name Chondrocystis schauinslandii Lemmermann 1899 validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) correct name
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Parent taxon: Hydrococcaceae Kützing 1843
Assigned by:
Parte AC, Sarda Carbasse J, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Reimer LC, Goker M. List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) moves to the DSMZ. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:5607-5612.
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Record number: 6268
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