Name: Microchaete Thuret ex Bornet and Flahault 1886

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Mi.cro.chae’te. Gr. masc. adj. mikros, small (may keep -o); Gr. fem. n. chaitê, hair; N.L. fem. n. Microchaete, a small hair

Gender, pronunciation: feminine (stem: Microchaet-), mi-kro-K^HA͡E-te

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

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Coleospermum Kirchner ex Frank 1886	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
    "Coleospermum" Kirchner 1878	heterotypic synonym, not validly published

• 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. Frank 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.
  • 🧕 Bornet and Flahault (1886) assigned this genus to the tribe Scytonemateae 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.
  • 🧕 Geitler (1925) assigned this genus to the family Microchaetaceae Lemmermann 1907. Publication: Geitler L. Synoptische Darstellung der Cyanophyceen in morphologischer und systematischer Hinsicht. Beihefte zum Botanischen Centralblatt 1925; 41:163-294.
  • 🧕 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.
  • 🧕 Komarek and Anagnostidis (1989) assigned this genus to 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.
  • 🧕 Lemmermann (1907) assigned this genus to the family Microchaetaceae Lemmermann 1907. Publication: Lemmermann E. Algen I (Schizophyceen, Flagellaten, Peridineen). In: Anonymous NNE (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.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Mfiicrochaste"; "Michrochaete"; "Microchaele"; "Microchaere"; "Microchcete"; "Microcheate"; "Microchivte"; "Microchsete"; "Microrhsete"; "Wicrochaete".
  • 🧍 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: 26
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 38
Total number of child taxa: 39

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Microchaete aequalis (Frémy 1942) Desikachary 1959	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Microchaete aeruginea Batters 1892	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Microchaete brunescens Komárek 1956	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Microchaete bulbosa Copeland 1936	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Microchaete calothrichoides Hansgirg 1905	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Microchaete capensis Hodgetts 1925	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Microchaete catenata Lemmermann 1907	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Microchaete cladophorae Jao 1948	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Microchaete crassa West 1914	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Microchaete diplosiphon Gomont ex Bornet and Flahault 1886	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Microchaete elongata (Frémy 1942) Desikachary 1959	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Microchaete epiphytica Starmach 1986	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Microchaete ghazipurensis Pandey and Mitra 1965	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Microchaete goeppertiana (Kirchner ex Frank 1886) Kirchner 1898	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Microchaete grisea Thuret ex Bornet and Flahault 1886	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Microchaete investiens Frémy 1930	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Microchaete loktakensis Brühl and Biswas 1926	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Microchaete nana Howe and Hoyt 1916	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Microchaete naushonensis Collins 1917	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Microchaete purpurea Schmidt 1899	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Microchaete robinsonii Komárek 1994	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Microchaete robusta Setchell and Gardner 1903	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Microchaete scherffelii Halász 1943	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Microchaete schweickerdtii Cholnoky 1952	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Microchaete setcasasii González Guerrero 1930	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Microchaete sphagnicola Starmach 1986	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Microchaete spiralis Ackley 1929	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Microchaete spirulina Steinecke 1923	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Microchaete striatula Hy 1887	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Microchaete tapahiensis Setchell 1926	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Microchaete tenera Thuret ex Bornet and Flahault 1886	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Microchaete tenuissima West and West 1894	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Microchaete terrestre Johansen and Flechtner 2008	inaccurate spelling (ICN [Botanical Code])	misspelling
    Microchaete terrestris corrig. Johansen and Flechtner 2008	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Microchaete transvaalensis Cholnoky 1954	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Microchaete tropica Woodhead and Tweed 1958	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Microchaete uberrima Carter 1926	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Microchaete violacea Frémy 1930	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Microchaete vitiensis Askenasy 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: 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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