Genus Epigloeosphaera
Name: Epigloeosphaera Komárková-Legnerová 1991
Etymology: Gr. prep. epi, situated on the surface (also adverb); gloeo, mucilaginous; Gr. fem. n. sphaîra, sphere; N.L. fem. n. Epigloeosphaera
Gender: feminine (stem: Epigloeosphaer-)
Type species: Epigloeosphaera glebulenta (Zalessky 1926) Komárková-Legnerová 1991
Valid publication: Komárková-Legnerová J. Epigloeosphaera, a new cyanophyte genus from Nordic lakes. Algological Studies 1991; 62:7-12.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
Taxonomic status: correct name
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Notes:
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Strunecky et al. (2023) assigned this genus to the family "Cymatolegaceae".
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 Aphanothece Nägeli 1849. Publication: Zalessky MM. Sur les nouvelles algues découvertes dans le sapropélogéne du lac Beloe. Revue Générale de Botanique 1926; 38:31-42.
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Strunecky et al. (2023) assigned this genus to the family "Cymatolegaceae".
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.
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
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status Epigloeosphaera filamentosa Komárek and Cronberg 2001 validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) correct name Epigloeosphaera glebulenta (Zalessky 1926) Komárková-Legnerová 1991 validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) correct name
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Parent taxon: Synechococcaceae Komárek and Anagnostidis 1995
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: 6256
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