Name: Goodfellowia Labeda and Kroppenstedt 2006

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Good.fel.low’i.a N.L. fem. n. Goodfellowia, named for Michael Goodfellow, a microbiologist at the University of Newcastle, in recognition of his contributions to microbial systematics

Gender: feminine

Type species: Goodfellowia coeruleoviolacea (Preobrazhenskaya and Terekhova 1987) Labeda and Kroppenstedt 2006

Valid publication: Labeda DP, Kroppenstedt RM. Goodfellowia gen. nov., a new genus of the Pseudonocardineae related to Actinoalloteichus, containing Goodfellowia coeruleoviolacea gen. nov., comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:1203-1207.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 56, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:2029-2030.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Goodfellowiella Labeda et al. 2008

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Goodfellowiella Labeda et al. 2008	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • Later homonym of the bird genus Goodfellowia Hartert 1903. Publication: Labeda DP, Kroppenstedt RM, Euzeby JP, Tindall BJ. Proposal of Goodfellowiella gen. nov. to replace the illegitimate genus name Goodfellowia Labeda and Kroppenstedt 2006. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:1047-1048.
  • The name Goodfellowia Labeda and Kroppenstedt 2006 is illegitimate because it is a later homonym of Goodfellowia Hartert 1903 (Animalia, Chordata, Aves, Passeriformes, Sturnidae). See Principle 2. Consequently, a new genus designation Goodfellowiella Labeda et al. 2008 has been proposed by Labeda et al. 2008. Publication: Labeda DP, Kroppenstedt RM, Euzeby JP, Tindall BJ. Proposal of Goodfellowiella gen. nov. to replace the illegitimate genus name Goodfellowia Labeda and Kroppenstedt 2006. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:1047-1048.

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
    Goodfellowia coeruleoviolacea (Preobrazhenskaya and Terekhova 1987) Labeda and Kroppenstedt 2006	validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name	synonym

Parent taxon: Pseudonocardiaceae Embley et al. 1989

Assigned by: Labeda DP, Kroppenstedt RM, Euzeby JP, Tindall BJ. Proposal of Goodfellowiella gen. nov. to replace the illegitimate genus name Goodfellowia Labeda and Kroppenstedt 2006. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:1047-1048.

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