Name: Dasygloea Thwaites ex Gomont 1892

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Gr. fem. n. gloia, glue; N.L. fem. n. Dasygloea

Gender: feminine (stem: Dasygloe-)

Type species: Dasygloea amorpha Thwaites ex Gomont 1892

Valid publication: Gomont M. Monographie des Oscillariées (Nostocacées homocystées). Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Botanique, Série 7 1892; 15:263-368.

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • Geitler (1925) assigned this genus to the family Oscillatoriaceae Engler 1898. Publication: Geitler L. Synoptische Darstellung der Cyanophyceen in morphologischer und systematischer Hinsicht. Beihefte zum Botanischen Centralblatt 1925; 41:163-294.
  • Hoffmann et al. (2005) assigned this genus to the family Phormidiaceae Anagnostidis and Komárek 1988. Publication: Hoffmann L, Komárek J, Kaštovský J. System of cyanoprokaryotes (cyanobacteria) – state in 2004. Algol. Stud. 2005; 117:95-115.
  • Komarek and Golubic (1990) assigned this genus to the subfamily "Microcoleoideae". 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 Microcoleaceae Strunecký et al. 2013. Publication: Strunecký O, Ivanova AP, Mareš J. An updated classification of cyanobacterial orders and families based on phylogenomic and polyphasic analysis. Journal of Phycology 2023; 0:0.
  • The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Sirocoleum Kützing ex Gomont 1892. Publication: Umezaki I, Watanabe M. Enumeration of the Cyanophyta (blue-green algae) of Japan 1. Chroococcales and Oscillatoriales. Japanese Journal of Phycology 1994; 42:175-219.
  • This taxon name is occasionally misprinted in some sources as: "Basygloea"; "Dasygloca"; "Dasygloia".
  • Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "DAGL" for this genus name but this does not appear to be of practical relevance any longer. Publication: Pittman KF, Walczak CA, Lock CM. Codes and abbreviations for approved of effectively published names of genera of bacteria published from January 1980 to December 1990. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1991; 41:571-579.

Subdivision:

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

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Dasygloea amorpha Thwaites ex Gomont 1892	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Dasygloea yellowstonensis Copeland 1936	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name

Parent taxon: Schizotrichaceae Elenkin 1949

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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