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Genus Epilithia
Name: Epilithia Ercegović 1932
Etymology: E.pi.li’thi.a. Gr. prep. epi, on (also as adverb); Gr. masc./fem. n. lithos, stone; N.L. fem. n. Epilithia, an organism living on stone
Gender, pronunciation: feminine (stem: Epilithi-), e-pi-LI-thi-a
Type species: Epilithia adriatica Ercegović 1932
Valid publication: Ercegovic A. Ekoloske i socioloske studije o litofitskim cijanoficejama sa jugoslovenske obale Jadrana. Rad Jugoslovenske Akademije Znanosti i Umjetnosti Zagreb 1932; 244:129-220.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
Taxonomic status: correct name
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Notes:
- 🧕 Ercegovic (1932) assigned this genus to the family Xenococcaceae Ercegović 1932. Publication: Ercegovic A. Études écologiques et sociologiques des Cyanophycées lithophytes de la côte Yougoslave de l'Adriatique. Bull. Internat. Acad. Yougoslave Sci. Arts, Class mat. - nat. 1932; 26:33-56.
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🧕 Strunecky et al. (2023) assigned this genus to the family Pleurocapsaceae Geitler 1925.
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.
- 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Epilithla".
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🧍 According to Shipunov (2011), this name is a hemihomonym.
Publication:
Shipunov A. The problem of hemihomonyms and the on-line hemihomonyms database (HHDB). Bionomina 2011; 4:65-72.
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
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status Epilithia adriatica Ercegović 1932 validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) correct name
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Parent taxon: Hydrococcaceae Kützing 1843
Assigned by:
Parte AC, Sarda Carbasse J, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Reimer LC, Goker M. List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) moves to the DSMZ. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:5607-5612.
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Record number: 6428
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