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Genus Loefgrenia
Name: Loefgrenia Gomont ex Wittrock et al. 1896
Etymology: Loef.gre’ni.a. N.L. fem. n. Loefgrenia, named to honor Johan Albert Constantin Loefgren, Swedish-born Brazilian naturalist
Gender, pronunciation: feminine (stem: Loefgreni-), lo͡ef-GRE-ni-a
Type species: Loefgrenia anomala Gomont ex Wittrock et al. 1896
Valid publication: Wittrock VB, Nordstedt CFO, Lagerheim G. Algae aquae dulcis exsiccatae praecipue scandinavicae quas adjectis algis marinis chlorophyllaceis et phycochromaceis. Vol. Fasc. 26-29. Unknown Publisher, Unknown City, 1896.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
Taxonomic status: correct name
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Notes:
- 🧕 Geitler (1925) assigned this genus to the family "Loefgreniaceae". Publication: Geitler L. Synoptische Darstellung der Cyanophyceen in morphologischer und systematischer Hinsicht. Beihefte zum Botanischen Centralblatt 1925; 41:163-294.
- 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Laejgrenia"; "Loeferania"; "Loejgrenia".
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 Loefgrenia anomala Gomont ex Wittrock et al. 1896 validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) correct name
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Parent taxon: Hapalosiphonaceae Elenkin 1916
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: 6516
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