Name: Limnothrix Meffert 1988

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Lim.no’thrix. Gr. fem. n. limnê, lake; Gr. fem. n. thrix, hair; N.L. fem. n. Limnothrix, a hair from a lake

Gender, pronunciation: feminine (stem: Limnotrich-), lim-NO-thrix

Type species: Limnothrix redekei (Van Goor 1918) Meffert 1988

Valid publication: Meffert M-E. Limnothrix Meffert nov. gen. - the unsheathed planktic cyanophycean filaments with polar and central gas vacuoles. Algological Studies 1988; 50-53:269-276.

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

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Limnothrix Meffert 1987

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 4
Total number of child taxa: 4

Parent taxon: Pseudanabaenaceae Anagnostidis and Komárek 1988

Assigned by: LPSN automated production system. The following publication is only one of the sources consulted. It may or may not mention this taxon name. — 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: 6281
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