Genus Frondicola

Name: Frondicola Zhang et al. 2007

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Fron.di’co.la. L. fem. n. frons, fallen leaves (genitive, frondis); L. masc./fem. n. suff. -cola, from incola inhabitant; N.L. masc. n. Frondicola, inhabitant of leaves, leaf dweller

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): masculine (stem: Frondicol-), fron-DI-ko-la

Type species: Frondicola australicus Zhang et al. 2007

Valid publication: Zhang L, Xu Z, Patel BK. Frondicola australicus gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from decaying leaf litter from a pine forest. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:1177-1182. 🇦🇺

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 57, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:1935-1936.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Frondihabitans Greene et al. 2009

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Frondihabitans Greene et al. 2009	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- 🚂 For the type species of this genus another name is in use, which is affiliated with the genus Frondihabitans Greene et al. 2009. Publication: Greene AC, Euzeby JP, Tindall BJ, Patel BK. Proposal of Frondihabitans gen. nov. to replace the illegitimate genus name Frondicola Zhang et al. 2007. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:447-448. 🇦🇺
- 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: JCM: 1; DSM: 1.
- 💥 This name is a homonym of Frondicola N.N. (botanical) [from Catalogue of Life].
- 🧍 Later homonym of the fungal genus Frondicola Hyde 1992. Publication: Greene AC, Euzeby JP, Tindall BJ, Patel BK. Proposal of Frondihabitans gen. nov. to replace the illegitimate genus name Frondicola Zhang et al. 2007. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:447-448. 🇦🇺
- 🧍 The name Frondicola Zhang et al. 2007 is illegitimate because it is a later homonym of a fungal genus name Frondicola Hyde 1992 [Frondicola K.D. Hyde, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 110(2): 100 (1992)]. See Principle 2. Consequently, a new genus designation Frondihabitans Greene et al. 2009 has been proposed by Greene et al. 2009. Publication: Greene AC, Euzeby JP, Tindall BJ, Patel BK. Proposal of Frondihabitans gen. nov. to replace the illegitimate genus name Frondicola Zhang et al. 2007. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:447-448. 🇦🇺

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 1
Total number of child taxa: 1

Child taxa:

Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
Frondicola australicus Zhang et al. 2007	validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name	synonym

Parent taxon: Microbacteriaceae Park et al. 1995

Assigned by: Zhang L, Xu Z, Patel BK. Frondicola australicus gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from decaying leaf litter from a pine forest. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:1177-1182. 🇦🇺

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