Name: Gloeothece Nägeli 1849

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Gr. fem. n. thêkê; N.L. fem. n. Gloeothece

Gender: feminine (stem: Gloeothec-)

Type species: Gloeothece linearis Nägeli 1849

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Nägeli C. Gattungen einzelliger Algen, physiologisch und systematisch bearbeitet. Neue Denkschriften der Allg. Schweizerischen Gesellschaft für die Gesammten Naturwissenschaften 1849; 10:1-139.

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 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.
  • Geitler (1925) assigned this genus to the family Chroococcaceae Rabenhorst 1863. Publication: Geitler L. Synoptische Darstellung der Cyanophyceen in morphologischer und systematischer Hinsicht. Beihefte zum Botanischen Centralblatt 1925; 41:163-294.
  • Hoffmann et al. (2005) assigned this genus to the family "Cyanobacteriaceae". 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 Microcystaceae Elenkin 1933. 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: "Glceothece"; "Glocothece"; "Gloeolhece"; "Gloeotheca"; "Glooothece".
  • The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: CCALA: 2; SAG: 1.
  • Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "GLTC" 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: 14
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 15
Total number of child taxa: 16

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Gloeothece abiscoensis (Skuja 1964) Komárek and Anagnostidis 1995	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Gloeothece aequatorialis Mareš and Johansen 2019	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Gloeothece aggregata Komárek and Komárkova-Legnerová 2007	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Gloeothece aurea Mareš et al. 2019	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Gloeothece citriformis Mareš and Johansen 2019	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    "Gloeothece gloeotheceformis" (Chu 1952) Bourrelly 1970	not validly published
    Gloeothece interspersa Gardner 1927	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Gloeothece linearis Nägeli 1849	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Gloeothece lunatum West and West 1894	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Gloeothece magna Wolle 1877	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Gloeothece membranacea (Rabenhorst 1865) Bornet 1892	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Gloeothece reniformis Mareš et al. 2019	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Gloeothece samoensis Wille 1914	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Gloeothece tonkinensis Mareš and Johansen 2019	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Gloeothece transsylvanica Kol 1955	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Gloeothece verrucosa Mareš and Johansen 2019	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name

Parent taxon: Aphanothecaceae (Komárek and Anagnostidis 1986) Komárek et al. 2014

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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