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 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 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.
  • This taxon name is occasionally misprinted in some sources as: "Cbroococcus"; "Chiroococcus"; "Chmococcus"; "Chraococcus"; "Chrcococcus"; "Chreececeus"; "Chreococcus"; "Chroacoccus"; "Chroccoccus"; "Chrococcus"; "Chromoccus"; "Chroncoccus"; "Chroocaccus"; "Chroocceeus"; "Chrooccoccus"; "Chrooccoceus"; "Chrooceccus"; "Chroocnecus"; "Chroococcaceis"; "Chroococccus"; "Chroococciis"; "Chroococcous"; "Chroococcua"; "Chroococeua"; "Chroococeus"; "Chroococus"; "Chroocoecus"; "Chroocoeeus"; "Chroocotcus"; "Chroocuccus"; "Chrooeeccus"; "Chrooeoccus"; "Chrooeoceue"; "Chrooeoceus"; "Chrooeoecus"; "Chrooeveeus"; "Chrooooccus"; "Chrooroccus"; "Chroowccus"; "Chroucoccus"; "Ciiroococcus"; "Ckroococcus"; "Claroococcus"; "Clhroococcus"; "Cliroococcus"; "Cliroococeus"; "Cltroococcus"; "Clwoococcus"; "Clyroococcus"; "Clzroococcus"; "Cnroococcus"; "Cromococcus"; "Croococcus"; "Curoococcus"; "Ghraococcus"; "Ghrococcus"; "Ghroococcus"; "Ihroococcus"; "Illroococcus"; "Jhroococcus"; "Lroococcus"; "Ohroococcus"; "Ohroocoecus"; "Ohrooeoccus"; "Ohrysococcus".
  • 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.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 7
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 8
Total number of child taxa: 8

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Chroococcus distans (Smith 1916) Komárková-Legnerová and Cronberg 1994	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 limneticus Lemmermann 1898	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Chroococcus microscopicus Komárková-Legnerová and Cronberg 1994	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Chroococcus minor (Kützing 1845) Nägeli 1849	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 rufescens Nägeli 1849	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Chroococcus turgidus (Kützing 1846) Nägeli 1849	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name

Parent taxon: Chroococcaceae Rabenhorst 1863

Assigned by: 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.

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