Name: Geitleribactron Komárek 1975

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Gei.tle.ri.bac’tron. Gr. neut. n. baktron, a staff, a stick; N.L. neut. n. Geitleribactron, a stick named in honor of Lothar Geitler, Austrian botanist

Gender, pronunciation: neuter (stem: Geitleribactr-), ge͡i-tle-ri-BAK-tron

Type species: Geitleribactron periphyticum Komárek 1975

Valid publication: Komárek J. Geitleribactron eine neue, Chamaesiphon-ähnliche Blaualgengattung. Plant Systematics and Evolution 1975; 123:263-281.

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Strunecky et al. (2023) assigned this genus to the family "Trichocoleusaceae". 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.
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: FCME: 1.

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
    Geitleribactron crassum Gold-Morgan et al. 1996	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Geitleribactron periphyticum Komárek 1975	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Geitleribactron subaequale (Geitler 1970) Komárek 1975	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name

Parent taxon: Chamaesiphonaceae Borzì 1878

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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Record number: 6444