Genus "Loten"

Name: "Loten" Adanson 1763

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Lo’ten. N.L. neut. n. Loten

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): neuter (stem: Lotin-), LO-ten

Original publication: Adanson M. Familles des plantes 2. Vincent, Paris, 1763.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

Notes:
- 🧕 Komarek and Golubic (1990) assigned this genus to the class Cyanophyceae Hauck 1885. Publication: Komarek J, Golubic S. Guide to the Nomenclature and formal taxonomic treatment of oxyphototroph prokaryotes (Cyanoprokaryotes). Unknown Publisher, Unknown City, 1990.
- 😟 A nomenclatural type has not been designated.
- 🧍 According to Komarek and Golubic (1990) originally assigned to Cyanobacteria but probably mixture of filamentous cyanophytes. Publication: Komarek J, Golubic S. Guide to the Nomenclature and formal taxonomic treatment of oxyphototroph prokaryotes (Cyanoprokaryotes). Unknown Publisher, Unknown City, 1990.

Parent taxon: [Chroococcophyceae, not assigned to family]

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Record number: 17892

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