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Name: Melittangium Jahn 1924 (Approved Lists 1980)
Etymology: Gr. n. melitta, bee; Gr. neut. n. angeîon, vessel; Gr. neut. n. angeîon; N.L. neut. n. Melittangium, a vessel resembling a honeycomb
Gender: neuter (stem: Melittangi-)
Type species: Melittangium boletus Jahn 1924 (Approved Lists 1980)
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
Effective publication: Jahn E. Beiträge zur botanischen Protistologie. I. Die Polyangiden. Verlag von Gebruder Borntraeger, Leipzig, 1924.
IJSEM list:
Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
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
Name | Nomenclatural status | Taxonomic status |
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Melittangium alboraceum (Peterson 1959) McCurdy 1971 (Approved Lists 1980) | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Melittangium boletus Jahn 1924 (Approved Lists 1980) | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Melittangium lichenicola (Thaxter 1892) McCurdy 1971 (Approved Lists 1980) | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Parent taxon: Archangiaceae Jahn 1924 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by:
Lang E, Schumann P, Tindall BJ, Mohr KI, Sproer C. Reclassification of Angiococcus disciformis, Cystobacter minus and Cystobacter violaceus as Archangium disciforme comb. nov., Archangium minus comb. nov. and Archangium violaceum comb. nov., unification of the families Archangiaceae and Cystobacteraceae, and emended descriptions of the families Myxococcaceae and Archangiaceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:4032-4042.
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Record number: 516036