Name: Holopedium Lagerheim 1893

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Ho.lo.pe.di’um. Gr. masc. adj. holos, entire; Gr. neut. n. pedion, a plain, a flat area; N.L. neut. n. Holopedium, an entire flat area

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): neuter (stem: Holopedi-), ho-lo-pe-DI-um

Type species: Holopedium geminatum (Lagerheim 1883) Lagerheim 1893

Valid publication: Lagerheim G. Holopedium Lagerheim und Microcrocis Richter. Nuovo Notarisia 1893; 4:207-210.

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

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Microcrocis Richter 1893

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Microcrocis Richter 1893	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
    Beckia Elenkin 1938	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
    "Beckia" Elenkin 1933	heterotypic synonym, not validly published

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family Holopediaceae Elenkin 1933. Publication: Elenkin AA. O sistematicheskom podrazdenii poryadka Chroococcales Geitler (1925). Trudy Botanicheskogo Instituta Akademii Nauk SSSR, Ser. 2, Sporovye Rasteniya 1933; 1:17-21.
  • 🧕 Elenkin (1933) assigned this genus to the family Holopediaceae Elenkin 1933. Publication: Elenkin AA. O sistematicheskom podrazdenii poryadka Chroococcales Geitler (1925). Trudy Botanicheskogo Instituta Akademii Nauk SSSR, Ser. 2, Sporovye Rasteniya 1933; 1:17-21.
  • 🧕 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 Anagnostidis (1986) assigned this genus to the subfamily "Merismopedioideae". Publication: Komárek J, Anagnostidis K. Modern approach to the classification system of cyanophytes, 2 - Chroococcales. Algological Studies/Archiv für Hydrobiologie 1986; 43:157-226.
  • 🧕 Komarek and Golubic (1990) assigned this genus to the family Merismopediaceae Elenkin 1933. 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.
  • 🧕 Komarek and Golubic (1990) assigned this genus to the subfamily "Merismopedioideae". 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.
  • 🚂 For the type species of this genus another name is in use, which is affiliated with the genus Microcrocis Richter 1893. Publication: Geitler L. Schizophyta: Klasse Schizophyceae. In: Engler A, Prantl K (eds), Die natürlichen Pflanzenfamilien, Zweite Auflage. Vol. 1b, Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig, 1942, p. 1-232.
  • ❗ Holopedium 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 Holopedium N.N. (zoological) [from Catalogue of Life].

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 11
Total number of child taxa: 12

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Holopedium bellum corrig. Beck-Mannagetta 1929	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Holopedium clementei corrig. González Guerrero 1946	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	orphaned species
    Holopedium dednense corrig. Pevalek 1925	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	orphaned species
    Holopedium dietelii (Richter 1893) Migula 1905	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Holopedium geminatum (Lagerheim 1883) Lagerheim 1893	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Holopedium granulatum corrig. Skuja 1948	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	orphaned species
    Holopedium irregulare (Lagerheim 1883) Lagerheim 1893	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Holopedium mutisianum corrig. González Guerrero 1946	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	orphaned species
    Holopedium obvolutum Tiffany 1934	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Holopedium pulchellum corrig. Buell 1938	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Holopedium sabulicola corrig. (Lagerheim 1883) Lagerheim 1893	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Holopedium sabulicolum (Lagerheim 1883) Lagerheim 1893	inaccurate spelling (ICN [Botanical Code])	misspelling

Parent taxon: Microcystaceae Elenkin 1933

Assigned by: Komárek J, Anagnostidis K. Modern approach to the classification system of cyanophytes, 2 - Chroococcales. Algological Studies/Archiv für Hydrobiologie 1986; 43:157-226.

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