Genus Coccochloris

Name: Coccochloris Sprengel 1827

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Coc.co.chlo’ris. Gr. masc. n. kokkos, a grain, a seed; Gr. masc. adj. chlôros, green; N.L. fem. n. Coccochloris, a green coccus

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

Valid publication: Sprengel KPJ. Systema vegetabilium Editio decima sexta. Voluminis IV. Pars I. Classis 24. Vol. 4. Sumtibus Librariae Dieterichianae, Gottingae [Göttingen], 1827.

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

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: 43
Total number of child taxa: 46

Parent taxon: Microcystaceae Elenkin 1933

Assigned by: LPSN automated production system. The following publication is only one of the sources consulted. It may or may not mention this taxon name. — 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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Record number: 55181
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