Name: Mastigocladus Cohn ex Kirchner 1898

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: N.L. masc. n. Mastigocladus

Gender: masculine (stem: Mastigoclad-)

Type species: Mastigocladus laminosus Cohn ex Kirchner 1898

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. [Title pending]. All. bot. Ztschr. 1897; 3:37.
  • 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 in some sources as: "Afastigocladus"; "Bustigoeladus"; "Jfastigocladus"; "Jllastigocladus"; "Mashigocladus"; "Masiigocladtis"; "Masligocladus"; "Mastigociadus"; "Mastigocladiis"; "Mastigoclaehis"; "Mastigoclaudus"; "Mastigocludus"; "Mastigodadus"; "Mastigododus"; "Mastiyocladus"; "Mostigodatus".
  • 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: 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
    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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