Genus Johannesbaptistia

Name: Johannesbaptistia De Toni f. 1934

Category, proposed as: genus, gen. nov.

Etymology: Jo.han.nes.bap.tis’ti.a. N.L. fem. n. Johannesbaptistia, probably named after John the Baptist

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): feminine (stem: Johannesbaptisti-), jo-han-nes-bap-TIS-ti-a

Type species: Johannesbaptistia primaria (Gardner 1927) De Toni f. 1934

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Valid publication: De Toni G. Noterelle di nomenclatura algologica. I. Alcuni casi di omonimia (Missoficee). Privately published, Brescia, 1934.

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Cyanothrix Gardner 1927	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), illegitimate name, later homonym
    Heterohormogonium Copeland 1936	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Beljakova (2000) assigned this genus to the family Microcystaceae Elenkin 1933. Publication: Beljakova RN. [Synopsis of the benthic Cyanophyta flora of the Russian Far-Eastern seas. 1. Chroococcales (Microcystaceae, Chroococcaceae)]. Bot. Zhurn. 2000; 85:106-118.
  • 🧕 Hoffmann et al. (2005) assigned this genus to the family Entophysalidaceae Geitler 1925. Publication: Hoffmann L, Komárek J, Kastovsky J. System of cyanoprokaryotes (cyanobacteria) - state in 2004. Algological Studies 2005; 117:95-115. 🇱🇺
  • 🧕 Komarek and Anagnostidis (1986) assigned this genus to the family Microcystaceae Elenkin 1933. 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 Anagnostidis (1986) assigned this genus to the subfamily "Synechococcoideae". 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 "Synechococcaceae". 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 et al. (2014) assigned this genus to the family Cyanotrichaceae corrig. Kisselew 1947. Publication: Komárek J, Kaštovský J, Mareš J, Johansen JR. Taxonomic classification of cyanoprokaryotes (cyanobacterial genera) 2014, using a polyphasic approach. Preslia 2014; 86:295-335. 🇨🇿
  • 🧕 Strunecky et al. (2023) assigned this genus to the family Cyanotrichaceae corrig. Kisselew 1947. Publication: 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. 🇨🇿
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Jehannesbaptistia"; "Johannesbaptisiia"; "Johannesbaptista"; "Johanneshaptistia"; "Johannexbaptiitia"; "Johiannesbaptistia"; "Jolwnnesbaptistia".
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: ULC: 1; US: 1.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 7
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 9
Total number of child taxa: 9

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Johannesbaptistia desikacharyi Gupta and Das 2014	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Johannesbaptistia floridana Berthold and Laughinghouse 2020	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Johannesbaptistia gardneri Frémy 1935	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Johannesbaptistia lacustris Hindák 2002	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Johannesbaptistia pellucida (Dickie 1874) Taylor and Drouet 1938	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Johannesbaptistia primaria (Gardner 1927) De Toni f. 1934	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Johannesbaptistia schizodichotoma (Copeland 1936) Komárek and Anagnostidis 1995	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Johannesbaptistia whitfordii Thomas and Gonzalves 1965	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Johannesbaptistia willei (Gardner 1927) De Toni f. 1934	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name

Parent taxon: Chroococcaceae Rabenhorst 1863

Assigned by: Drouet F, Daily WA. Revision of the coccoid Myxophyceae. Butler University Botanical Studies 1956; 12:89.

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Record number: 6490