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Genus Gonidium
Name: Gonidium Ehrenberg ex Meneghini 1840
Etymology: Go.ni’di.um. N.L. neut. n. Gonidium
Gender, pronunciation (Latin): neuter (stem: Gonidi-), go-NI-di-um
Type species: Gonidium prasiola (Meneghini 1837) Meneghini 1840
Valid publication: Meneghini G. Synopsis Desmidiearum hucusque cognitarum. Linnea 1840; 14:201-240.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
Taxonomic status: correct name
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Notes:
- 🧕 Komarek and Golubic (1990) assigned this genus to the family Merismopediaceae Elenkin 1933. Publication: Komarek J, Golubic S. Guide to the Nomenclature and formal taxonomic treatment of oxyphototroph prokaryotes (Cyanoprokaryotes). Unknown Publisher, Unknown City, 1990.
- 🧕 Komarek and Golubic (1990) assigned this genus to the subfamily "Merismopedioideae". Publication: Komarek J, Golubic S. Guide to the Nomenclature and formal taxonomic treatment of oxyphototroph prokaryotes (Cyanoprokaryotes). Unknown Publisher, Unknown City, 1990.
- 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Golidium"; "Gonidinm".
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 4
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 5
Total number of child taxa: 5
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status Gonidium prasiola (Meneghini 1837) Meneghini 1840 validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) correct name Gonidium punctatum (Ehrenberg 1833) Meneghini 1840 validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) correct name Gonidium quadrijugum (Turpin 1820) Meneghini 1840 validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) correct name Gonidium quadruplicatum (Meneghini 1837) Meneghini 1840 validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), illegitimate name synonym Gonidium tranquillum (Ehrenberg 1833) Ehrenberg 1840 validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) correct name
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Parent taxon: Microcystaceae Elenkin 1933
Assigned by:
Parte AC, Sarda Carbasse J, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Reimer LC, Goker M. List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) moves to the DSMZ. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:5607-5612. 
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Record number: 17819
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