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 (Borzì ex Bornet and Flahault 1886) Gomont 1895

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16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

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
    Fischerellopsis Fritsch 1932	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family "Fischerellaceae" Anagnostidis and Komárek 1990. Publication: Anagnostidis K, Komárek J. Modern approach to the classification system of cyanophytes 5 - Stigonematales. Arch. Hydrobiol. Suppl. 1990; 86:46.
  • 🧕 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 corrig. (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. Über die Algen der Karlsbäder warmen Quellen. Linnaea 1837; 11:109-127.
  • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Stigonema Agardh ex Bornet and Flahault 1886. Publication: Bornet É, Flahault C. Revision des Nostocacées hétérocystées contenues dans les principaux herbiers de France (Troisième fragment). Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Botanique, Septième série 1886; 5:51-129.
  • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Hapalosiphon Nägeli ex Bornet and Flahault 1886. Publication: Borzì A. Studi sulle Mixoficee (continuaz.). Nuovo Giornale Botanico Italiano, Nuova serie 1917; 24:65-112.
  • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus "Calothrix" Agardh 1824. Publication: Hansgirg A. Physiologische und algologische Studien. Buchdruckerei Alois R. Laurmann. - Verlag von Franz Borovy, Prag, 1887.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Bischerella"; "Fiscfurella"; "Fischcrella"; "Fischerclla"; "Fischereila"; "Fischerelia"; "Fischerelta"; "Fischerena"; "Fischeuella"; "Fischevella"; "Fischierella"; "Fischorella"; "Fisclierella"; "Fisclzerella"; "Fiseherella"; "Fisellerella"; "Fishcherella"; "Fisherella"; "Flscherella"; "Iischerella"; "Pischerella".
  • 🧍 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: 17
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 18
Total number of child taxa: 25

• 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 anomala" Bharadwaja 1936	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    Fischerella caucasica Woronichin 1923	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Fischerella caucasica Woronichin 1926	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), illegitimate name	synonym
    Fischerella clavata Sant'Anna et al. 2013	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    "Fischerella cossyrensis" (Borzì 1917) Anagnostidis and Komárek 1990	not validly published	synonym (and no standing)
    Fischerella epiphytica Ghose 1927	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    "Fischerella hapalii" Walter et al. 2017	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    Fischerella harrisii (Fritsch 1932) Geitler 1942	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Fischerella harrisonii Welsh 1965	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Fischerella indica (Desikachary 1959) Kaštovský and Johansen 2008	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Fischerella irregularis Nayal 1934	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Fischerella letestui Frémy 1930	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Fischerella major Gomont 1898	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Fischerella moniliformis Frémy 1930	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Fischerella muscicola Gomont 1895	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Fischerella paludosa Taylor 1928	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    "Fischerella peptidasii" Walter et al. 2017	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    Fischerella reptans Geitler 1933	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    "Fischerella sesquitii" Walter et al. 2017	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    Fischerella sinica Jao 1944	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Fischerella thermalis (Borzì ex Bornet and Flahault 1886) Gomont 1895	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Fischerella tisserantii Frémy 1930	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    "Fischerella uthpalarensis" Pushpakumara and Gunawardana 2018	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    "Fischerella welwii" Walter et al. 2017	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)

Parent taxon: Hapalosiphonaceae Elenkin 1916

Assigned by: Hoffmann L, Komárek J, Kaštovský J. System of cyanoprokaryotes (cyanobacteria) – state in 2004. Algol. Stud. 2005; 117:95-115.

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