Name: Marmoreocelis Machado-de-Lima and Branco 2020

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Mar.mo.re.o.ce’lis. L. neut. n. marmor, marble; L. fem. n. cella, room, cell; N.L. fem. n. Marmoreocelis, referring to the cell with marble aspect due to keritomy

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): feminine (stem: Marmoreocelid-), mar-mo-re-o-KE-lis

Type species: Marmoreocelis xerophila Machado-de-Lima and Branco 2020

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Machado de Lima NM, Branco LHZ. Biological soil crusts: new genera and species of Cyanobacteria from Brazilian semi-arid regions. Phytotaxa 2020; 470:263-281. 🇧🇷

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Mamoreocelis".

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: 1

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Marmoreocelis xerophila Machado-de-Lima and Branco 2020	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name

Parent taxon: Coleofasciculaceae Komárek et al. 2014

Assigned by: Machado de Lima NM, Branco LHZ. Biological soil crusts: new genera and species of Cyanobacteria from Brazilian semi-arid regions. Phytotaxa 2020; 470:263-281. 🇧🇷

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Record number: 37765