Name: Hydrocoleum Kützing ex Gomont 1892

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Hy.dro.co.le.um. Gr. neut. n. koleon, sheath; N.L. neut. n. Hydrocoleum

Gender: neuter (stem: Hydrocole-)

Type species: Hydrocoleum homoeotrichum Kützing ex Gomont 1892

Valid publication: Gomont M. Monographie des Oscillariées (Nostocacées homocystées). Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Botanique, Série 7 1892; 15:263-368.

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • Hauerova et al. (2021) assigned this genus to the family Microcoleaceae Strunecký et al. 2013. Publication: Hauerova R, Hauer T, Kastovsky J, Komarek J, Lepsova-Skacelova O, Mares J. Tenebriella gen. nov. - the dark twin of Oscillatoria. Mol Phylogenet Evol 2021; 0:107293.
  • Hoffmann et al. (2005) assigned this genus to the family Phormidiaceae Anagnostidis and Komárek 1988. Publication: Hoffmann L, Komárek J, Kaštovský J. System of cyanoprokaryotes (cyanobacteria) – state in 2004. Algol. Stud. 2005; 117:95-115.
  • This taxon name is occasionally misprinted in some sources as: "Eydrocoleum"; "Hyclrocoleum"; "Hyclroooleum"; "Hydracoleum"; "Hydrcccleum"; "Hydrecoleum"; "Hydrocaleum"; "Hydrocnleum"; "Hydrocolcum"; "Hydrocolem"; "Hydrocoteum"; "Hyprrocoleumm"; "Rydrocoleum".
  • Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "HYCL" for this genus name but this does not appear to be of practical relevance any longer. Publication: Pittman KF, Walczak CA, Lock CM. Codes and abbreviations for approved of effectively published names of genera of bacteria published from January 1980 to December 1990. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1991; 41:571-579.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 3
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 18
Total number of child taxa: 18

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Hydrocoleum boergesenii Gardner 1932	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Hydrocoleum brebissonii Kützing ex Gomont 1892	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Hydrocoleum bremii Nägeli ex Forti 1907	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Hydrocoleum cantharidosmum Gomont ex Gomont 1892	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Hydrocoleum coccineum Gomont 1892	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Hydrocoleum coeruleum Gardner 1927	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Hydrocoleum comoides Gomont 1892	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Hydrocoleum floccosum Gomont 1892	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Hydrocoleum fontanum Jao 1944	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Hydrocoleum glutinosum Gomont ex Gomont 1892	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Hydrocoleum groesbeckianum Drouet 1943	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Hydrocoleum heterotrichum Kützing ex Gomont 1892	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Hydrocoleum homoeotrichum Kützing ex Gomont 1892	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Hydrocoleum lyngbyaceum Kützing ex Gomont 1892	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Hydrocoleum majus Holden 1899	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Hydrocoleum mirificum Jao 1948	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Hydrocoleum oligotrichum Braun ex Gomont 1892	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Hydrocoleum ravenelii Wolle ex Forti 1907	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym

Parent taxon: Oscillatoriaceae Engler 1898

Assigned by: Komárek J, Kaštovský J, Mareš J, Johansen JR. Taxonomic classification of cyanoprokaryotes (cyanobacterial genera) 2014, using a polyphasic approach. Preslia 2014; 86:295-335.

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