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Genus Lithocapsa
Name: Lithocapsa Ercegović 1925
Etymology: Li.tho.cap’sa. Gr. masc./fem. n. lithos, stone; L. fem. n. capsa, box; N.L. fem. n. Lithocapsa, a box from a stone
Gender, pronunciation: feminine (stem: Lithocaps-), li-tho-KAP-sa
Type species: Lithocapsa fasciculata Ercegović 1925
Valid publication: Ercegovic A. Litofitska vegetacija vapnenaca i dolomita u Hrvatskoj. La végétation lithophytes sur les calcaires et les dolomites en Croatie. Acta Botanica Instituti Botanici Universitatis Zabrabensis 1925; 10:64-114.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
Taxonomic status: correct name
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Notes:
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🧕 Strunecky et al. (2023) assigned this genus to the family Chroococcaceae Rabenhorst 1863.
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.
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- 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Chlorogloea Wille 1900. Publication: Bourrelly P. Les algues d'eau douce. Initiation à la systématique. Tome III: Les Algues bleues et rouges. Les Eugléniens, Peridiniens et Cryptomonadines. Boubée & Cie, Paris, 1970.
- 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Lilhocapsa"; "Lithecapsa"; "Lithocupsa"; "Litlzocapsa".
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🧕 Strunecky et al. (2023) assigned this genus to the family Chroococcaceae Rabenhorst 1863.
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.
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 1
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 1
Total number of child taxa: 1
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status Lithocapsa fasciculata Ercegović 1925 validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) correct name
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Parent taxon: Entophysalidaceae Geitler 1925
Assigned by:
Hoffmann L, Komárek J, Kaštovský J. System of cyanoprokaryotes (cyanobacteria) – state in 2004. Algol. Stud. 2005; 117:95-115. 🇱🇺
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Record number: 6524
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