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Genus Lithococcus
Name: Lithococcus Ercegović 1925
Etymology: Li.tho.coc’cus. Gr. masc./fem. n. lithos, stone; Gr. masc. n. kokkos, grain, seed; N.L. masc. n. Lithococcus, a coccus-shaped organism from a stone
Gender, pronunciation: masculine (stem: Lithococc-), li-tho-KOK-kus
Type species: Lithococcus ramosus Ercegović 1925
Valid publication: Ercegović A. Litofitska vegetacija vapnenaca i dolomita u Hrvatskoj. [La végétation des lithophytes sur les calcaires et les dolomites en Croatie.]. Acta Botanica Instituti Botanici Universitatis Zagrebensis 1925; 1:64-114.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
Taxonomic status: correct name
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Notes:
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🧕 Hoffmann et al. (2005) assigned this genus to the family Merismopediaceae Elenkin 1933.
Publication:
Hoffmann L, Komárek J, Kaštovský J. System of cyanoprokaryotes (cyanobacteria) – state in 2004. Algol. Stud. 2005; 117:95-115.
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- 🧕 Komarek et al. (2014) assigned this genus to the family Synechococcaceae Komárek and Anagnostidis 1995. 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. 🇨🇿
- 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Liihocaccus"; "Lithococeus"; "Lithococous".
- 🧍 Full authorship: Ercegovic 1925.
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🧕 Hoffmann et al. (2005) assigned this genus to the family Merismopediaceae Elenkin 1933.
Publication:
Hoffmann L, Komárek J, Kaštovský J. System of cyanoprokaryotes (cyanobacteria) – state in 2004. Algol. Stud. 2005; 117:95-115.
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: 2
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status Lithococcus ramosus Ercegović 1925 validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) correct name "Lithococcus schizodichotoma" (Copeland 1936) Bourrelly 1970 not validly published synonym
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Parent taxon: Cymatolegaceae Strunecký and Mareš 2023
Assigned by:
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: 6214
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