Name: Merismopedia Meyen 1839

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Me.ris.mo.pe.di.a. N.L. fem. n. pedia; N.L. fem. n. Merismopedia

Gender: feminine (stem: Merismopedi-)

Type species: Merismopedia punctata Meyen 1839

Valid publication: Meyen FJF. Neues System der Pflanzen-Physiologie. Dritter Band. S.J. Joseephy - Haude und Spenersche Buchandlung, Berlin, 1839.

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • Nomenclatural type of the family Merismopediaceae Elenkin 1933. Publication: Elenkin AA. O sistematicheskom podrazdenii poryadka Chroococcales Geitler (1925). Trudy Botanicheskogo Instituta Akademii Nauk SSSR, Ser. 2, Sporovye Rasteniya 1933; 1:17-21.
  • Geitler (1925) assigned this genus to the family Chroococcaceae Rabenhorst 1863. Publication: Geitler L. Synoptische Darstellung der Cyanophyceen in morphologischer und systematischer Hinsicht. Beihefte zum Botanischen Centralblatt 1925; 41:163-294.
  • Strunecky et al. (2023) assigned this genus to the family Microcystaceae Elenkin 1933. Publication: 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.
  • This taxon name is occasionally misprinted in some sources as: "Alerismopedia"; "Aterismopedia"; "Jiierismopedia"; "Jilerismopedia"; "Jklerismopedia"; "Jlcrismopedia"; "Jlerismopedia"; "Jllerismopedia"; "Jtlerismopedia"; "Matismopedia"; "Mcrismopedia"; "Meismopedia"; "Memmopedia"; "Meriamopedla"; "Meriemepedia"; "Merimopedia"; "Merimzopedia"; "Merirmopedia"; "Merisimopedia"; "Merisiopedia"; "Merismepedia"; "Merismnpedia"; "Merismobedia"; "Merismonedia"; "Merismopadia"; "Merismopcclia"; "Merismopcdia"; "Merismopeclia"; "Merismopedi"; "Merismopedicz"; "Merismopedio"; "Merismopedium"; "Merismopediwn"; "Merismopedlum"; "Merismopndia"; "Merismopoetlia"; "Merisniopedia"; "Merisnmpedia"; "Merisnzopedia"; "Merisrnopedia"; "Merisviopedia"; "Merixmopedia"; "Merlsmopedia"; "Mersmopedia"; "Mtrismopedia".
  • The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: CIP: 1; ATCC: 1; NCTC: 1; CCUG: 1.
  • Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "MRPD" 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: 12
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 13
Total number of child taxa: 15

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Merismopedia africana Komárek and Cronberg 2001	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Merismopedia arctica (Kossinskaja 1933) Komárek and Anagnostidis 1995	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Merismopedia elegans Braun ex Kützing 1849	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Merismopedia ferrophila Hindak 1982	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Merismopedia geminata Lagerheim 1883	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Merismopedia gigas Ryppowa 1925	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Merismopedia glauca (Ehrenberg 1838) Kützing 1845	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    "Merismopedia gonorrhoeae" Zopf 1885	not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists
    Merismopedia hyalina Kützing 1845	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Merismopedia punctata Meyen 1839	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Merismopedia regularis Komárek and Cronberg 2001	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Merismopedia sparsa Komárek and Cronberg 2001	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Merismopedia tenuissima corrig. Lemmermann 1898	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Merismopedia tenuissimum Lemmermann 1898	inaccurate spelling (ICN [Botanical Code])	misspelling
    Merismopedia willei Gardner 1927	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name

Parent taxon: Merismopediaceae Elenkin 1933

Assigned by: Elenkin AA. O sistematicheskom podrazdenii poryadka Chroococcales Geitler (1925). Trudy Botanicheskogo Instituta Akademii Nauk SSSR, Series 2, Sporovye Rasteniya 1933; 1:17-21.

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Record number: 6507