Genus "Glaucothrix"

Name: "Glaucothrix" Kirchner 1878

Category, proposed as: genus, gen. nov.

Etymology: Glau’co.thrix. Gr. masc. adj. glaukos, bluish gray; Gr. fem. n. thrix, a hair; N.L. fem. n. Glaucothrix, a bluish gray hair

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): feminine (stem: Glaucotrich-), GLA͡U-ko-t^hrix

Type species: "Glaucothrix putealis" Kirchner 1878

Original publication: Kirchner O. Algen. In: Cohn F (eds), Kryptogamenflora von Schlesien. Zweiter Band, Erste Hälfte, Kern, J.U., Breslau, 1878, p. 1-900.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Plectonema Thuret ex Gomont 1892

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Plectonema Thuret ex Gomont 1892	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Komarek and Golubic (1990) assigned this genus to the family Phormidiaceae Anagnostidis and Komárek 1988. Publication: Komárek J, Golubić S. Guide to the Nomenclature and formal taxonomic treatment of oxyphototroph prokaryotes (Cyanoprokaryotes). Published by the Authors, Třeboň and Boston, 1990.
  • 🧕 Komarek and Golubic (1990) assigned this genus to the subfamily "Phormidioideae". Publication: Komárek J, Golubić S. Guide to the Nomenclature and formal taxonomic treatment of oxyphototroph prokaryotes (Cyanoprokaryotes). Published by the Authors, Třeboň and Boston, 1990.
  • 🚂 For the type species of this genus another name is in use, which is affiliated with the genus Plectonema Thuret ex Gomont 1892. Publication: Hansgirg A. Prodromus der Algenflora von Böhmen. Zweiter Theil welcher die blaugrünen Algen (Myxophyceen, Cyanophyceen), nebst Nachträgen zum ersten Theile und einer systematischen Bearbeitung der in Böhmen verbreiten saprophytischen Bacterien und Euglenen enhält. Mit dem Opitz-Preise gekrönte Arbeit. Auf Kosten des Opitz-Fondes. Archiv der naturwissenschaftl. Landesdurchforschung von Böhmen VIII. Band, Nro. 4. (Botanische Abtheilung.). F. Řivnáč, Prague, 1893.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Glancothrix"; "Glaucothfix"; "Gtlaucothrix"; "Olaucothrix".
  • 🧍 See also Hansgirg (1887). Publication: Hansgirg A. Physiologische und algologische Studien. Buchdruckerei Alois R. Laurmann. - Verlag von Franz Borovy, Prag, 1887.
  • 🧍 Komarek and Golubic (1990) emphasize that this name is a pre-starting-point synonym. Publication: Komárek J, Golubić S. Guide to the Nomenclature and formal taxonomic treatment of oxyphototroph prokaryotes (Cyanoprokaryotes). Published by the Authors, Třeboň and Boston, 1990.

Subdivision:

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

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Glaucothrix putealis" Kirchner 1878	not validly published	synonym

Parent taxon: Oscillatoriaceae Engler 1898

Assigned by: Drouet F. Revision of the classification of the Oscillatoriaceae. Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Monograph 1968; 15:1-370.

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Record number: 17941