Genus Funiculus

Name: Funiculus Moreira-Fernandes et al. 2021

Category, proposed as: genus, gen. nov.

Etymology: Fu.ni’cu.lus. L. masc. n. Funiculus, a small or slender rope

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): masculine (stem: Funicul-), fu-NI-ku-lus

Type species: Funiculus tenuis Moreira-Fernandes et al. 2021

Valid publication: Moreira C Fernandes V, Giraldo-Silva A, Roush D, Garcia-Pichel F. Coleofasciculaceae, a Monophyletic Home for the Microcoleus steenstrupii Complex and Other Desiccation-tolerant Filamentous Cyanobacteria. J Phycol 2021; 57:1563-1579. 🇺🇸

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 💥 This name is a homonym of Funiculus Heude, 1888 (zoological) [from Catalogue of Life].

Subdivision:

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

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Funiculus sociatus (West and West 1897) Moreira-Fernandes et al. 2021	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Funiculus tenuis Moreira-Fernandes et al. 2021	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name

Parent taxon: Coleofasciculaceae Komárek et al. 2014

Assigned by: Moreira C Fernandes V, Giraldo-Silva A, Roush D, Garcia-Pichel F. Coleofasciculaceae, a Monophyletic Home for the Microcoleus steenstrupii Complex and Other Desiccation-tolerant Filamentous Cyanobacteria. J Phycol 2021; 57:1563-1579. 🇺🇸

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Record number: 37759