Name: Dillwynella Bory ex Kuntze 1891

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Dil.lwy.nel’la. N.L. fem. dim. n. Dillwynella, named to honor John Dillwyn Llewelyn, Welsh botanist and photographer

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): feminine (stem: Dillwynell-), dil-lwy-NEL-la

Type species: Dillwynella mirabilis (Dillwyn 1808) ex Kuntze 1891

Valid publication: Kuntze O. Revisio generum plantarum: vascularium omnium atque cellularium multarum secundum leges nomenclaturae internationales cum enumeratione plantarum exoticarum 2. A. Felix, Leipzig, 1891.

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Dillwynella" Bory 1824	homotypic synonym, not validly published

• Notes:
  • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Scytonema Agardh ex Bornet and Flahault 1886. Publication: Bornet É. Les Nostocacées hétérocystées du Systema Algarum de C.-A. Agardh (1824) et leur synonymie actuelle (1889). Bulletin de la Société Botanique de France 1889; 36:144-157.
  • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus "Calothrix" Agardh 1824. Publication: Agardh CA. Systema algarum. Literis Berlingianis [Berling], Lundae, 1824.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Dilwynella".
  • 💥 This name is a homonym of Dillwynella Dall, 1889 (zoological) [from Catalogue of Life].

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 7
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 7
Total number of child taxa: 7

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Dillwynella brebissonii (Kützing 1847) Kuntze 1891	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Dillwynella cespitosa (Kützing 1844) Kuntze 1891	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Dillwynella minor (Hilse 1776) Kuntze 1891	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Dillwynella mirabilis (Dillwyn 1808) ex Kuntze 1891	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Dillwynella radiosa (Kützing 1849) Kuntze 1891	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Dillwynella stuposa (Kützing 1849) Kuntze 1891	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Dillwynella wrangelii (Agardh 1824) Kuntze 1891	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name

Parent taxon: Scytonemataceae corrig. Frank 1886

Assigned by: Komárek J, Golubić S. Guide to the Nomenclature and formal taxonomic treatment of oxyphototroph prokaryotes (Cyanoprokaryotes). Published by the Authors, Třeboň and Boston, 1990.

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Record number: 51617