Name: Mastigocladopsis Iyengar and Desikachary 1946

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Mas.ti.go.clad.op’sis. N.L. masc. n. Mastigocladus, name of a cyanobacterial genus; Gr. fem. n. opsis, aspect, appearance; N.L. fem. n. Mastigocladopsis, that which appears similar to Mastigocladus

Gender, pronunciation: feminine (stem: Mastigocladopsid-), mas-ti-go-klad-OP-sis

Type species: Mastigocladopsis jogensis Iyengar and Desikachary 1946

Valid publication: Iyengar MOP, Desikachary TV. Mastigocladopsis jogensis gen. et sp. nov., a new member of the Stigonemataceae. Proceedings of the Indian Academy of Sciences, Section B 1946; 24:55-59.

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family Mastigocladopsidaceae Iyengar and Desikachary 1946. Publication: Iyengar MOP, Desikachary TV. Mastigocladopsis jogensis gen. et sp. nov., a new member of the Stigonemataceae. Proceedings of the Indian Academy of Sciences, Section B 1946; 24:55-59.
  • 🧕 Hoffmann et al. (2005) assigned this genus to the family "Symphyonemataceae" Hoffmann et al. 2005. Publication: Hoffmann L, Komárek J, Kaštovský J. System of cyanoprokaryotes (cyanobacteria) – state in 2004. Algol. Stud. 2005; 117:95-115.
  • 🧕 Iyengar and Desikachary (1946) assigned this genus to the family Mastigocladopsidaceae Iyengar and Desikachary 1946. Publication: Iyengar MOP, Desikachary TV. Mastigocladopsis jogensis gen. et sp. nov., a new member of the Stigonemataceae. Proceedings of the Indian Academy of Sciences, Section B 1946; 24:55-59.
  • 🧕 Komarek et al. (2014) assigned this genus to the family "Symphyonemataceae" Hoffmann et al. 2005. Publication: Komárek J, Kaštovský J, Mareš J, Johansen JR. Taxonomic classification of cyanoprokaryotes (cyanobacterial genera) 2014, using a polyphasic approach. Preslia 2014; 86:295-335.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Masrigocladopsis"; "Mastigocladospis"; "Mastigodudopsis".

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 3
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 3
Total number of child taxa: 3

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Mastigocladopsis jogensis Iyengar and Desikachary 1946	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Mastigocladopsis repens Hernández-Mariné et al. 1992	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Mastigocladopsis sogalensis Bongale 1987	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name

Parent taxon: Scytonemataceae corrig. Frank 1886

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: 6438