Name: Holopedium Lagerheim 1893

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: N.L. neut. n. Holopedium

Gender: neuter (stem: Holopedi-)

Type species: Holopedium geminatum Lagerheim 1893

Valid publication: Lagerheim G. [Title pending]. Nuova Notarisia 1893; 4:209.

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 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.
  • 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.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 1
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 2
Total number of child taxa: 2

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Holopedium bellum Beck-Mannagetta 1929	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Holopedium geminatum Lagerheim 1893	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name

Parent taxon: Merismopediaceae Elenkin 1933

Assigned by: Komarek J, Golubic S. Guide to the Nomenclature and formal taxonomic treatment of oxyphototroph prokaryotes (Cyanoprokaryotes). Unknown Publisher, Unknown City, 1990.

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Record number: 18062