Name: Mastigocladus Cohn ex Kirchner 1898

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Mas.ti.go’cla.dus. N.L. masc. n. Mastigocladus, a whip-like branch

Gender, pronunciation: masculine (stem: Mastigoclad-), mas-ti-GO-kla-dus

Type species: Mastigocladus laminosus Cohn ex Kirchner 1898

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Kirchner O. Schizophyceae. In: A. Engler KP (eds), Die natürlichen Pflanzenfamilien. I. Teil, Abt. 1a, Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig, 1898, p. 45-92.

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Cyanothrix Schmidle 1897	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
    "Mastigocladus" Cohn 1863	homotypic synonym, not validly published

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family Mastigocladaceae Geitler 1925. Publication: Geitler L. Synoptische Darstellung der Cyanophyceen in morphologischer und systematischer Hinsicht. Beihefte zum Botanischen Centralblatt 1925; 41:163-294.
  • 🧕 Geitler (1925) assigned this genus to the family Mastigocladaceae Geitler 1925. Publication: Geitler L. Synoptische Darstellung der Cyanophyceen in morphologischer und systematischer Hinsicht. Beihefte zum Botanischen Centralblatt 1925; 41:163-294.
  • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Hapalosiphon Nägeli ex Bornet and Flahault 1886. Publication: Bornet É, Flahault C. Revision des Nostocacées hétérocystées contenues dans les principaux herbiers de France (Troisième fragment). Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Botanique, Septième série 1886; 5:51-129.
  • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Hapalosiphon Nägeli ex Bornet and Flahault 1886. Publication: Hansgirg A. Ueber den Polymorphismus der Algen. Botanisches Centralblatt 1885; 22:246-406.
  • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Cyanothrix Schmidle 1897. Publication: Schmidle W. Algologische Notizen. III. Cyanothrix vaginata n.sp. et gen. All. bot. Ztschr. 1897; 3:37-41.
  • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus "Mastigocladus" Cohn 1863. Publication: Cohn F. Über die Algen des Karlsbader Sprudels, mit Rücksicht auf die Bildung des Sprudelsinters. Abhandlungen der Schlesischen Gesellschaft für vaterländische Cultur 1863; 2:35-55.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Afastigocladus"; "Bustigoeladus"; "Iastigocladus"; "Jfastigocladus"; "Jllastigocladus"; "Mashigocladus"; "Masiigocladtis"; "Masiigocladus"; "Masligocladus"; "Mastigacladus"; "Mastigecladus"; "Mastigociadus"; "Mastigocladiis"; "Mastigocladns"; "Mastigoclaehis"; "Mastigoclaudus"; "Mastigocludus"; "Mastigodadus"; "Mastigododus"; "Mastigoeladus"; "Mastiyocladus"; "Mastligocladus"; "Mostigodatus".
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: CCALA: 1; CBFS: 1.
  • 🧍 Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "MSCD" for this genus name but this does not appear to be of practical relevance any longer. Publication: Pittman KF, Walczak CA, Lock CM. Codes and abbreviations for approved of effectively published names of genera of bacteria published from January 1980 to December 1990. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1991; 41:571-579.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 5
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 5
Total number of child taxa: 7

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Mastigocladus ambikapurensis Jaiswal et al. 2021	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Mastigocladus boudae Kaštovský et al. 2025	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Mastigocladus flagelliforme Schmidle 1900	inaccurate spelling (ICN [Botanical Code])	misspelling
    Mastigocladus flagelliformis corrig. Schmidle 1900	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Mastigocladus hansgirgi Schmidle 1900	inaccurate spelling (ICN [Botanical Code])	misspelling
    Mastigocladus hansgirgii corrig. Schmidle 1900	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Mastigocladus laminosus Cohn ex Kirchner 1898	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name

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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