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Genus Coccopedia
Name: Coccopedia Troitzkaja 1922
Etymology: Coc.co.pe’di.a. N.L. fem. n. Pedia; N.L. fem. n. Coccopedia
Gender, pronunciation: feminine (stem: Coccopedi-), kok-ko-PE-di-a
Type species: Coccopedia limnetica Troitzkaja 1922
Valid publication: Troitzkaja OV. De novi genere Chroococcacearum. Botaniceskie Materialy Instituta Sporovyh Rastenij Glavnogo Botaniceskogo Sada RSFSR. Notulae Systematicae ex Instituto Cryptogamico Horti Botanici Petropolitani Reipublicae Rossicae 1922; 1:129-131.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
Taxonomic status: correct name
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Notes:
- 🧕 Geitler (1925) assigned this genus to the family Chroococcaceae Rabenhorst 1863. Publication: Geitler L. Synoptische Darstellung der Cyanophyceen in morphologischer und systematischer Hinsicht. Beihefte zum Botanischen Centralblatt 1925; 41:163-294.
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🧕 Hoffmann et al. (2005) assigned this genus to the family Merismopediaceae Elenkin 1933.
Publication:
Hoffmann L, Komárek J, Kaštovský J. System of cyanoprokaryotes (cyanobacteria) – state in 2004. Algol. Stud. 2005; 117:95-115.
- 🧕 Komarek and Anagnostidis (1986) assigned this genus to the subfamily "Merismopedioideae". Publication: Komárek J, Anagnostidis K. Modern approach to the classification system of cyanophytes, 2 - Chroococcales. Algological Studies/Archiv für Hydrobiologie 1986; 43:157-226.
- 🧕 Komarek et al. (2014) assigned this genus to the family Merismopediaceae Elenkin 1933. 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.
- 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Coccopedium"; "Coecopedia"; "Goccopedia"; "Ioccopedia"; "Joccopedia".
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 2
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 2
Total number of child taxa: 2
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status Coccopedia limnetica Troitzkaja 1922 validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) correct name Coccopedia turkestanica Kisseleva 1931 validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) correct name
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Parent taxon: Microcystaceae Elenkin 1933
Assigned by: Komárek J, Anagnostidis K. Modern approach to the classification system of cyanophytes, 2 - Chroococcales. Algological Studies/Archiv für Hydrobiologie 1986; 43:157-226.
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Record number: 6466
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