Name: Godlewskia Janczewski 1884

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Go.dlews’ki.a. N.L. fem. n. Godlewskia, probably named in honor of Emil Godlewski, Polish botanist

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): feminine (stem: Godlewski-), go-DLEWS-ki-a

Type species: Godlewskia aggregata Janczewski 1884

Valid publication: Janczewski M. GODLEWSKIA nowy rodzaj Sinorostów (Cryptophyceae Thur). Mémoires de l’Académie des Sciences de Cracovie 1884; 11:142.

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

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Chamaesiphon Braun and Grunow 1865

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Chamaesiphon Braun and Grunow 1865	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
    Chamaesiphonopsis Fritsch 1929	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), illegitimate name

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Borzi (1914) assigned this genus to the tribe "Chamaesiphoneae". Publication: Borzì A. Studi sulle Mixoficee. I. Cenni generali - Systema Myxophycearum. Nuovo Giornale Botanico Italiano 1914; Ser 2 (21):307-360.
  • 🧕 Komarek and Golubic (1990) assigned this genus to the family Chamaesiphonaceae Borzì 1878. 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.
  • 🧕 Strunecky et al. (2023) assigned this genus to the family Chamaesiphonaceae Borzì 1878. 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. 🇨🇿
  • 🧒 Geitler (1925) assigned the section Brachythrix Geitler 1925 to this genus. Publication: Geitler L. Synoptische Darstellung der Cyanophyceen in morphologischer und systematischer Hinsicht. Beihefte zum Botanischen Centralblatt 1925; 41:163-294.
  • 🚂 For the type species of this genus another name is in use, which is affiliated with the genus Chamaesiphon Braun and Grunow 1865. Publication: Geitler L. Cyanophyceae. In: Rabenhorst L (eds), Kryptogamen-Flora von Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz. Ed. 2, Akademische Verlagsgesellschaft, Leipzig, 1932, p. 1-1196.
  • ❗ Godlewskia is the correct name instead if this genus is regarded as a separate genus (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another genus whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority).
  • 💥 This name is a homonym of Godlewskia Crosse and P. Fischer, 1879 (zoological) [from Catalogue of Life].
  • 🧍 Komarek and Golubic (1990) doubt whether this name is a valid genus. 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: 1
Total number of child taxa: 1

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Godlewskia aggregata Janczewski 1884	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym

Parent taxon: "Stichosiphonaceae" Hoffmann et al. 2005

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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