Name: Myxoderma Schmidle 1901

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: My.xo.der’ma. N.L. neut. n. Myxoderma, a slimy skin

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): neuter (stem: Myxodermat-), my-kso-DER-ma

Type species: Myxoderma goetsei Schmidle 1901

Valid publication: Schmidle W. Beiträge zur Flora von Afrika. XXII. Schizophyceae, Conjugatae, Chlorophyceae. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 1901; 30:240-254.

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Geitler (1925) assigned this genus to the family "Nostochopsidaceae". Publication: Geitler L. Synoptische Darstellung der Cyanophyceen in morphologischer und systematischer Hinsicht. Beihefte zum Botanischen Centralblatt 1925; 41:163-294.
  • 🧕 Komarek and Golubic (1990) assigned this genus to the subfamily "Hydrococcoideae". Publication: Komarek J, Golubic S. Guide to the Nomenclature and formal taxonomic treatment of oxyphototroph prokaryotes (Cyanoprokaryotes). Unknown Publisher, Unknown City, 1990.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Myxodcrma".

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 2
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 2
Total number of child taxa: 2

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Myxoderma goetsei Schmidle 1901	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Myxoderma goetzei (Schmidle 1900) Schmidle 1901	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name

Parent taxon: Stigonemataceae corrig. (Agardh ex Bornet and Flahault 1886) Borzì 1892

Assigned by: Schmidle W. Beiträge zur Flora von Afrika. XXII. Schizophyceae, Conjugatae, Chlorophyceae. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 1901; 30:240-254.

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Record number: 18124