Name: Microchaete Thuret ex Bornet and Flahault 1886

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Gr. fem. n. chaitê, hair (Latin transliteration chaeta); N.L. fem. n. Microchaete

Gender: feminine (stem: Microchaet-)

Type species: Microchaete tenera Thuret ex Bornet and Flahault 1886

Valid 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.

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • Nomenclatural type of the family Microchaetaceae Lemmermann 1907. Publication: Lemmermann E. Algen I (Schizophyceen, Flagellaten, Peridineen). In: Anonymous NN (eds), Kryptogamenflora der Mark Brandenburg und angrenzender Gebiete herausgegeben von dem Botanischen Verein der Provinz Brandenburg. Dritter Band, Verlag von Gebrüder Borntraeger, Leipzig, 1907, p. 1-304.
  • Nomenclatural type of the subfamily Microchaetoideae Komárek and Anagnostidis 1989. Publication: Komárek J, Anagnostidis K. Modern approach to the classification system of Cyanophytes 4 - Nostocales. Algological Studies 1989; 56:247-345.
  • Bornet and Flahault (1886) assigned this genus to the family Scytonemataceae corrig. Rabenhorst 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.
  • Hoffmann et al. (2005) assigned this genus to the family Microchaetaceae Lemmermann 1907. Publication: Hoffmann L, Komárek J, Kaštovský J. System of cyanoprokaryotes (cyanobacteria) – state in 2004. Algol. Stud. 2005; 117:95-115.
  • This taxon name is occasionally misprinted in some sources as: "Microchaere"; "Microchcete"; "Microchsete".
  • Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "MICE" 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
    Microchaete tenera Thuret ex Bornet and Flahault 1886	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name

Parent taxon: Rivulariaceae Rabenhorst ex Bornet and Flahault 1886

Assigned by: Komárek J, Kaštovský J, Mareš J, Johansen JR. Taxonomic classification of cyanoprokaryotes (cyanobacterial genera) 2014, using a polyphasic approach. Preslia 2014; 86:295-335.

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