Name: Coleospermum Kirchner ex Frank 1886

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Co.le.o.sper’mum. N.L. neut. n. Coleospermum, sheathed seed

Gender, pronunciation: neuter (stem: Coleosperm-), ko-le-o-SPER-mum

Type species: Coleospermum goeppertianum Kirchner ex Frank 1886

Valid publication: Frank AB. Dr. Johannes Leunis Synopsis der Pflanzenkunde. Aufl. 3. Band. 3. Unknown Publisher, Hannover, 1886.

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

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Microchaete Thuret ex Bornet and Flahault 1886

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Coleospermum" Kirchner 1878	homotypic synonym, not validly published
    Microchaete Thuret ex Bornet and Flahault 1886	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), conserved name

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Komarek and Golubic (1990) assigned this genus to the subfamily Microchaetoideae Komárek and Anagnostidis 1989. Publication: Komarek J, Golubic S. Guide to the Nomenclature and formal taxonomic treatment of oxyphototroph prokaryotes (Cyanoprokaryotes). Unknown Publisher, Unknown City, 1990.
  • 🧕 Komarek et al. (2014) assigned this genus to the family "Fortieaceae" Komárek et al. 2014. 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.
  • 🧕 Strunecky et al. (2023) assigned this genus to the family Leptobasaceae Elenkin 1917. Publication: 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.
  • 🚂 For the type species of this genus another name is in use, which is affiliated with the genus Microchaete Thuret ex Bornet and Flahault 1886. Publication: Kirchner O. Schizophyceae. In: A. Engler KP (eds), Die natürlichen Pflanzenfamilien. I. Teil, Abt. 1a, Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig, 1898, p. 45-92.
  • ❗ Coleospermum is the correct name instead if this genus is regarded as a separate genus (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another genus whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority).

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

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Coleospermum goeppertianum Kirchner ex Frank 1886	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym

Parent taxon: Rivulariaceae Rabenhorst ex Bornet and Flahault 1886

Assigned by: Parte AC, Sarda Carbasse J, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Reimer LC, Goker M. List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) moves to the DSMZ. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:5607-5612.

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Record number: 6525