Name: Lithococcus Ercegović 1925

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Li.tho.coc.cus. N.L. masc. n. coccus, grain; N.L. masc. n. Lithococcus

Gender: masculine (stem: Lithococc-)

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

• Notes:
  • 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.
  • Strunecky et al. (2023) assigned this genus to the family "Cymatolegaceae". 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 in some sources as: "Liihocaccus"; "Lithococous".
  • Full authorship: Ercegovic 1925.

Subdivision:

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

• Child taxa:

  • 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

Parent taxon: Synechococcaceae Komárek and Anagnostidis 1995

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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Record number: 6214