Name: Coccochloris Sprengel 1807

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Coc.co.chlo’ris. N.L. fem. n. Coccochloris, a green coccus

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): feminine (stem: Coccochlorid-), kok-ko-KHLO-ris

Type species: Coccochloris stagnina Sprengel 1807

Valid publication: Sprengel KPJ. Mantissa prima florae halensis, addita novarum plantarum centuria. Apud C. Kümmelium, Halle, 1807.

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

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Aphanothece Nägeli 1849

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 1
Total number of child taxa: 1

Parent taxon: Chroococcaceae Rabenhorst 1863

Assigned by: Drouet F, Daily WA. Nomenclatural transfers among coccoid algae. Lloydia 1948; 11:77-79.

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Record number: 7697

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