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Genus "Mastigocladus"
Name: "Mastigocladus" Cohn 1863
Etymology: Mas.ti.go’cla.dus. N.L. masc. n. Mastigocladus, a whip-like branch
Gender, pronunciation (Latin): masculine (stem: Mastigoclad-), mas-ti-GO-kla-dus
Original publication: Cohn F. Über die Algen des Karlsbader Sprudels, mit Rücksicht aud die Bildung des Sprudelsinters. Abhandlungen der Schlesischen Gesellschaft für vaterländische Cultur 1863; 2:35-55.
Nomenclatural status: not validly published
Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)
Correct name: Mastigocladus Cohn ex Kirchner 1898
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Synonyms:
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Name Kind Cyanothrix Schmidle 1897 heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) Mastigocladus Cohn ex Kirchner 1898 homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
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Notes:
- 🙄 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".
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 0
Total number of child taxa: 1
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status "Mastigocladus laminosus" Cohn 1863 not validly published synonym
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Parent taxon: Hapalosiphonaceae Elenkin 1916
Assigned by:
LPSN automated production system. The following publication is only one of the sources consulted.
It may or may not mention this taxon name. —
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: 41446
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