Name: Geitleria Friedmann 1955

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Geit.ler’i.a. N.L. fem. n. Geitleria, referring to Geitler

Gender: feminine (stem: Geitleri-)

Type species: Geitleria calcarea Friedmann 1955

Valid publication: Friedmann I. Geitlerea calcarea n. gen. et n. sp. A new atmophytic lime-incrusting blue-green alga. Botaniska Notiser 1955; 108:439-445.

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • Nomenclatural type of the family Geitleriaceae Kilgore and Johansen 2018. Publication: Kilgore C, Johansen JR, Mai T, Hauer T, Casamatta DA, Sheil CA. Molecular characterization of Geitleria appalachiana sp. nov. (Nostocales, Cyanobacteria) and formation of Geitleriaceae fam. nov. Fottea 2018; 18:150-163.
  • 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.
  • Hoffmann et al. (2005) assigned this genus to the family Loriellaceae Geitler 1925. Publication: Hoffmann L, Komárek J, Kaštovský J. System of cyanoprokaryotes (cyanobacteria) – state in 2004. Algol. Stud. 2005; 117:95-115.
  • Strunecky et al. (2023) assigned this genus to the family Geitleriaceae Kilgore and Johansen 2018. 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 in some sources as: "Geilteria"; "Geitlera"; "Geitlerea"; "Geitloria"; "Oeitleria".
  • Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "GITL" 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: 3
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 3
Total number of child taxa: 3

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Geitleria appalachiana Kilgore and Johansen 2018	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Geitleria calcarea Friedmann 1955	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Geitleria clandestina (Skuja 1937) Bourrelly 1970	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name

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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