Name: Coleospermum Kirchner ex Frank 1886

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: N.L. neut. n. Coleospermum

Gender: neuter (stem: Coleosperm-)

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: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Coleospermum" Kirchner 1878	homotypic synonym, not validly published

• 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.
  • 🧕 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.
  • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus "Coleospermum" Kirchner 1878. Publication: Kirchner O. Algen. In: Cohn F (eds), Kryptogamenflora von Schlesien. Zweiter Band, Erste Hälfte, Kern, J.U., Breslau, 1878, p. 1-900.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 1
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)	correct name

Parent taxon: "Fortieaceae" Komárek et al. 2014

Assigned by: Komárek J, Kaštovský J, Mareš J, Johansen JR. Taxonomic classification of cyanoprokaryotes (cyanobacterial genera) 2014, using a polyphasic approach. Preslia 2014; 86:295-335.

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Record number: 6525