Name: Fischerella (Bornet and Flahault 1886) Gomont 1895

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Fi.scher.el’la. N.L. fem. dim. n. Fischerella, referring to Fischer

Gender: feminine (stem: Fischerell-)

Type species: Fischerella thermalis (Schwabe 1837) Gomont 1895

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

Valid publication: Gomont MA. Note sur le Scytonema ambiguum Kützing. Journal de Botanique 1895; 9:49-52.

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Fischera" Schwabe 1837	heterotypic synonym, not validly published

• Notes:
  • Boone et al. (2001) assigned this genus to the class "Cyanobacteria". Publication: Garrity GM, Holt JG. The Road Map to the Manual. In: Boone DR, Castenholz RW, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, second edition, vol. 1 (The Archaea and the deeply branching and phototrophic Bacteria), Springer-Verlag, New York, 2001, p. 119-166.
  • Geitler (1925) assigned this genus to the family Stigonemataceae (Agardh ex Bornet and Flahault 1886) Borzì 1892. Publication: Geitler L. Synoptische Darstellung der Cyanophyceen in morphologischer und systematischer Hinsicht. Beihefte zum Botanischen Centralblatt 1925; 41:163-294.
  • The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus "Fischera" Schwabe 1837. Publication: Schwabe SH. Title pending. Linnaea 1837; 11:124.
  • This taxon name is occasionally misprinted in some sources as: "Bischerella"; "Fiscfurella"; "Fischcrella"; "Fischereila"; "Fischerelia"; "Fischerelta"; "Fischerena"; "Fischeuella"; "Fischierella"; "Fisclierella"; "Fisclzerella"; "Fiseherella"; "Fisherella"; "Flscherella"; "Iischerella".
  • Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "FSEL" 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: 5
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 6
Total number of child taxa: 11

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Fischerella ambigua (Kützing ex Bornet and Flahault 1886) Gomont 1895	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    "Fischerella hapalii" Walter et al. 2017	not validly published
    Fischerella major Gomont 1898	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Fischerella moniliformis Frémy 1930	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Fischerella muscicola Gomont 1895	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    "Fischerella peptidasii" Walter et al. 2017	not validly published
    "Fischerella sesquitii" Walter et al. 2017	not validly published
    Fischerella sinica Jao 1944	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Fischerella thermalis (Schwabe 1837) Gomont 1895	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    "Fischerella uthpalarensis" Pushpakumara and Gunawardana 2018	not validly published
    "Fischerella welwii" Walter et al. 2017	not validly published

Parent taxon: Hapalosiphonaceae Elenkin 1916

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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