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Genus Heterocyanococcus
Name: Heterocyanococcus Kufferath 1929
Etymology: He.te.ro.cy.a.no.coc’cus. Gr. masc. adj. heteros, different; Gr. masc. n. kyanos, blue paint; Gr. masc. n. kokkos, grain, seed; N.L. masc. n. Heterocyanococcus, a different blue coccus
Gender, pronunciation (Latin): masculine (stem: Heterocyanococc-), he-te-ro-ky-a-no-KOK-kus
Type species: Heterocyanococcus haumanii Kufferath 1929
Valid publication: Kufferath H. Algues et protistes muscicoles, corticoles et terrestres récoltés sur la montagne de Barba (Costa Rica). Annales de Cryptogamie Exotique 1929; 2:23-52.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
Taxonomic status: correct name
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Notes:
- 🧕 Kufferath (1929) assigned this genus to the phylum "Cyanobacteria". Publication: Kufferath H. Algues et protistes muscicoles, corticoles et terrestres récoltés sur la montagne de Barba (Costa Rica). Annales de Cryptogamie Exotique 1929; 2:23-52.
- 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Heterogyanococcus".
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 1
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 1
Total number of child taxa: 1
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status Heterocyanococcus haumanii Kufferath 1929 validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) correct name
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Parent taxon: Nostocaceae Eichler 1886
Assigned by:
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. 
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Record number: 6447
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