Name: Chroococcus Nägeli 1849

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Chro.o.coc.cus. N.L. masc. n. coccus, grain; N.L. masc. n. Chroococcus, type genus of the order

Gender: masculine (stem: Chroococc-)

Type species: Chroococcus rufescens Nägeli 1849

Valid publication: Nägeli C. Gattungen einzelliger Algen, physiologisch und systematisch bearbeitet. Neue Denkschriften der Allg. Schweizerischen Gesellschaft für die Gesammten Naturwissenschaften 1849; 10:1-139.

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the class Chroococcophyceae Hollerbach et al. 1953. Publication: Hollerbach MM, Kosinskaya EK, Polyansky VI. Sinezelenye vodorosli. In: Anonymous NN (eds), Opredelitel presnovodnykh vodoroslej SSSR, Sovetskaya Nauka, Moskva, 1953, p. 652.
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the class Chroococcophyceae Starmach 1966. Publication: Starmach K. Cyanophyta-Sinice. Glaucophyta-Glaukofity. In: Starmach K (eds), Flora slodkowodna Polski. Band 2, Panstwowe Wydawnietwo Naukowe, Warszawa, 1966, p. 807.
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family Chroococcaceae Rabenhorst 1863. Publication: Rabenhorst L. Kryptogamen-Flora von Sachsen, Ober-Lausitz, Thüringen und Nord-Böhmen, mit Berücksichtigung der benachbarten Länder: erste Abtheilung: Algen im weitesten Sinne, Leber und Laubmoose. Verlag von Eduard Kummer, Leipzig, 1863.
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the order Chroococcales Geitler 1925. Publication: Geitler L. Synoptische Darstellung der Cyanophyceen in morphologischer und systematischer Hinsicht. Beihefte zum Botanischen Centralblatt 1925; 41:163-294.
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the order Chroococcales Schaffner 1922. Publication: Schaffner JH. The classification of plants XII. Ohio Journal of Science 1922; 22:129-139.
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the order Chroococcales Cavalier-Smith 2002. Publication: Cavalier-Smith T. The neomuran origin of archaebacteria, the negibacterial root of the universal tree and bacterial megaclassification. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:7-76.
  • 🧕 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.
  • 🧕 Geitler (1925) assigned this genus to the order Chroococcales Schaffner 1922. Publication: Geitler L. Synoptische Darstellung der Cyanophyceen in morphologischer und systematischer Hinsicht. Beihefte zum Botanischen Centralblatt 1925; 41:163-294.
  • 🧕 Schaffner (1922) assigned this genus to the order Chroococcales Schaffner 1922. Publication: Schaffner JH. The classification of plants XII. Ohio Journal of Science 1922; 22:129-139.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Cbroococcus"; "Chfoococeus"; "Chiroococcus"; "Chjioococcus"; "Chmococcus"; "Chraococcus"; "Chrcococcus"; "Chreececeus"; "Chreococceus"; "Chreococcus"; "Chroacoccus"; "Chroacoceus"; "Chroccoccus"; "Chroccoceus"; "Chrococcus"; "Chroecaccus"; "Chroecoccus"; "Chromoccus"; "Chroncoccus"; "Chroocaccus"; "Chroocceeus"; "Chrooccoccus"; "Chrooccoceus"; "Chrooccocus"; "Chrooccus"; "Chrooceccus"; "Chroocnecus"; "Chroococcaceis"; "Chroococccus"; "Chroococceus"; "Chroococciis"; "Chroococcous"; "Chroococcua"; "Chroococeua"; "Chroococeus"; "Chroococous"; "Chroococtus"; "Chroococus"; "Chroocoecus"; "Chroocoeeus"; "Chroocorcus"; "Chroocotcus"; "Chroocuccus"; "Chrooeeccus"; "Chrooeoccus"; "Chrooeoceue"; "Chrooeoceus"; "Chrooeoecus"; "Chrooeoeeus"; "Chrooeveeus"; "Chrooooccus"; "Chrooroccus"; "Chroowccus"; "Chropcoccus"; "Chroscoccus"; "Chroscoceus"; "Chroscorcus"; "Chroscoveus"; "Chroucoccus"; "Ciiroococcus"; "Ciroococcus"; "Ckroococcus"; "Claroococcus"; "Clhroococcus"; "Cliroococcus"; "Cliroococeus"; "Cltroococcus"; "Clwoococcus"; "Clyroococcus"; "Clzroococcus"; "Cnroococcus"; "Cromococcus"; "Croococcus"; "Curoococcus"; "Ghraococcus"; "Ghrococcus"; "Ghroococcus"; "Ihroococcus"; "Illroococcus"; "Jhroococcus"; "Lroococcus"; "Ohroocnceus"; "Ohroococcus"; "Ohroococeus"; "Ohroocoecus"; "Ohrooeoccus"; "Ohrooeoceus"; "Ohrysococcus"; "Olwoococcus"; "Uhroococcus"; "Ulzroocoocus". — 🤨 This taxon name is occasionally used in plural form as: "Chroococci".
  • 🧍 Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "CRCO" 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.
  • 🧍 See also Borge (1906). Publication: Borge O. Beiträge zur Algenflora von Schweden. Arkiv für Botanik 1906; 6:1-88.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 43
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 49
Total number of child taxa: 53

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Chroococcus aeruginosus Gardner 1927	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Chroococcus aphanocapsoides Skuja 1964	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Chroococcus atrochalybeus Hansgirg 1892	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Chroococcus atrovirens (Corda 1829) Hansgirg 1885	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Chroococcus aurantiacus Bernard 1908	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Chroococcus aurantius (Agardh 1824) Wille 1919	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    "Chroococcus batavus" Joosten 2006	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    Chroococcus catenatus Komárek and Novelo 1994	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Chroococcus constrictus Gardner 1927	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Chroococcus cronbergae Komárek and Novelo 1994	inaccurate spelling (ICN [Botanical Code])	misspelling
    Chroococcus cronbergiae corrig. Komárek and Novelo 1994	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Chroococcus cubicus Gardner 1927	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Chroococcus deltoides Komárek and Novelo 1994	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Chroococcus distans (Smith 1916) Komárková-Legnerová and Cronberg 1994	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Chroococcus endophyticus Copeland 1936	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Chroococcus epiphyticus Jao 1964	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Chroococcus ercegovicii Komárek and Anagnostidis 1995	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Chroococcus fuscoviolaceus Hansgirg 1890	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Chroococcus gomontii Nygaard 1926	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Chroococcus hansgirgi Schmidle 1900	inaccurate spelling (ICN [Botanical Code])	misspelling
    Chroococcus hansgirgii corrig. Schmidle 1900	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Chroococcus heanogloios Gardner 1927	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Chroococcus indicus Bernard 1908	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Chroococcus limneticus Lemmermann 1898	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Chroococcus lithophilus Ercegović 1925	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Chroococcus major Komárek and Komárkova-Legnerová 2007	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Chroococcus mediocris Gardner 1927	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Chroococcus microscopicus Komárková-Legnerová and Cronberg 1994	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Chroococcus minor (Kützing 1845) Nägeli 1849	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Chroococcus minutissimus Gardner 1927	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Chroococcus minutus (Kützing 1843) Nägeli 1849	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Chroococcus muralis Gardner 1927	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Chroococcus nanoplankticus Azevedo et al. 2003	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Chroococcus niger Starmach 1934	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Chroococcus occidentalis (Gardner 1927) Komárek and Komárkova-Legnerová 2007	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Chroococcus parallelepipedon Schmidle 1901	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Chroococcus pulcherrimus Welsh 1965	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Chroococcus raspaigellae Hauck 1888	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Chroococcus rufescens Nägeli 1849	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Chroococcus siderochlamys Skuja 1948	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Chroococcus spelaeus Ercegović 1925	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Chroococcus submarinus (Hansgirg 1892) Kovácik 1988	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Chroococcus subnudus (Hansgirg 1892) Cronberg and Komárek 1994	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Chroococcus subsphaericus corrig. Gardner 1927	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Chroococcus subsphericus Gardner 1927	inaccurate spelling (ICN [Botanical Code])	misspelling
    Chroococcus subtilissimus Skuja 1937	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Chroococcus subviolaceus (Wille 1913) Gama et al. 2014	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Chroococcus tenacoides Copeland 1936	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Chroococcus turgidus (Kützing 1846) Nägeli 1849	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Chroococcus turicensis (Nägeli 1849) Hansgirg 1887	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Chroococcus vacuolatus Skuja 1939	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Chroococcus westii Petersen 1923	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Chroococcus yellowstonensis Copeland 1936	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name

Parent taxon: Chroococcaceae Rabenhorst 1863

Assigned by: 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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