Name: Dichothrix Zanardini ex Bornet and Flahault 1886

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Di.cho’thrix. Gr. fem. n. thrix, hair; N.L. fem. n. Dichothrix, a hair divided in two

Gender, pronunciation: feminine (stem: Dichotrich-), di-K^HO-t^hrix

Type species: Dichothrix penicillata Zanardini ex Bornet and Flahault 1886

Valid publication: Bornet É, Flahault C. Revision des Nostocacées hétérocystées contenues dans les principaux herbiers de France. Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Botanique, Septième série 1886; 3:323-381.

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Bichothrix"; "Dicbothrix"; "Dichlothrix"; "Dichorurix"; "Dichotheix"; "Dichothria"; "Dickothrix"; "Dicothrix"; "Diehothrix"; "Difhothrix"; "Diohothrix".
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: BRNM: 1; UC: 1.
  • 🧍 Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "DCTX" 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: 35
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 37
Total number of child taxa: 37

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Dichothrix austrogeorgica Carlson 1913	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Dichothrix baueriana Bornet and Flahault 1886	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Dichothrix bivaginata Frémy 1935	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Dichothrix bornetiana Howe 1924	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Dichothrix calcarea Tilden 1896	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Dichothrix catalaunica González Guerrero 1930	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Dichothrix cavanillesii González Guerrero 1946	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Dichothrix chungii Gardner 1927	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Dichothrix compacta Bornet and Flahault 1886	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Dichothrix elongata Compère 1970	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Dichothrix eylathensis Rayss and Dor 1963	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Dichothrix fucicola Bornet and Flahault 1886	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Dichothrix fusca Fritsch 1918	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Dichothrix gypsophila Bornet and Flahault 1886	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Dichothrix handelii Skuja 1937	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Dichothrix hemisphaerica Jao 1944	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Dichothrix hosfordii (Wolle 1887) Bornet 1896	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Dichothrix interrupta West and West 1894	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Dichothrix inyoensis Drouet 1943	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Dichothrix ledereri Skácelová 2006	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Dichothrix meneghiniana (Dalla Torre and Sarnthein 1901) Forti 1907	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Dichothrix minima Setchell and Gardner 1918	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Dichothrix montana Tilden 1902	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Dichothrix nordstedtii Bornet and Flahault 1886	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Dichothrix olivacea Bornet and Flahault 1886	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Dichothrix orsiniana Bornet and Flahault 1886	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Dichothrix penicillata Zanardini ex Bornet and Flahault 1886	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Dichothrix rupicola Collins 1901	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Dichothrix sacconemoides Jao and Lee 1966	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Dichothrix schweickerdtii Cholnoky 1952	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Dichothrix seriata Setchell and Gardner 1918	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Dichothrix spiralis Fritsch 1918	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Dichothrix subdichotoma Woronichin 1926	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), illegitimate name	synonym
    Dichothrix subdichotoma Woronichin 1923	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Dichothrix utahensis Tilden 1898	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Dichothrix willei Gardner 1927	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Dichothrix zhongjianensis Hua and Zeng 1985	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name

Parent taxon: Rivulariaceae Rabenhorst ex Bornet and Flahault 1886

Assigned by: 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: 6415