Name: Mantellum Dangeard 1941

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: L. neut. n. Mantellum

Gender: neuter (stem: Mantell-)

Type species: Mantellum adhaerens Dangeard 1941

Valid publication: Dangeard PJL. Chroococcales, genre Mantellum gen. nov. Le Botaniste 1941; 30:129-131.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • Strunecky et al. (2023) assigned this genus to the family Microcystaceae Elenkin 1933. 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: "Manlellum".

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 2
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 2
Total number of child taxa: 2

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Mantellum adhaerens Dangeard 1941	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Mantellum himalayense Komárek and Watanabe 1998	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name

Parent taxon: Merismopediaceae Elenkin 1933

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: 6196