Genus Oncobyrsa

Name: Oncobyrsa Agardh 1827

Category, proposed as: genus, gen. nov.

Etymology: On.co.byr’sa. N.L. fem. n. Oncobyrsa, a cyanobacterial genus

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): feminine (stem: Oncobyrs-), on-ko-BYR-sa

Type species: Oncobyrsa fluviatilis Agardh 1827

Valid publication: Agardh CA. Aufzählung einiger in den östreichischen Ländern gefundenen neuen Gattungen und Arten von Algen, nebst ihrer Diagnostik und beigefügten Bemerkungen. Flora oder Botanische Zeitung 1827; 10:625-640.

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Geitler (1925) assigned this genus to the family Pleurocapsaceae Geitler 1925. Publication: Geitler L. Synoptische Darstellung der Cyanophyceen in morphologischer und systematischer Hinsicht. Beihefte zum Botanischen Centralblatt 1925; 41:163-294.
  • 🧕 Komarek et al. (2014) assigned this genus to the family Chroococcaceae Rabenhorst 1863. Publication: Komárek J, Kaštovský J, Mareš J, Johansen JR. Taxonomic classification of cyanoprokaryotes (cyanobacterial genera) 2014, using a polyphasic approach. Preslia 2014; 86:295-335. 🇨🇿
  • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Cagniardia Trevisan 1848. Publication: Trevisan VBA. Saggio di una monografia delle Alghe Coccotalle. Tipi Del Seminario, Padova, 1848.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Gncobyrsa"; "Omcobyrsa"; "Omobyrsa"; "Oncabyfla"; "Oncabyrsa"; "Oncebyrsa"; "Oncobgrea"; "Oncobirsa"; "Oncobprsa"; "Oncobrysa"; "Oncobyna"; "Oncobyrga"; "Oncobyrusa"; "Oncobysa"; "Oncobyssa"; "Oncodyrsa"; "Oncohyrsa"; "Oncolirsa"; "Onecobyrsa"; "Oneobyrsa"; "Onobyrsa"; "Oucobyrsa".
  • 🧍 According to Komarek and Golubic (1990) originally assigned to Cyanobacteria but probably belonging to Fungi (Drouet and Daily 1956). Publication: Komárek J, Golubić S. Guide to the Nomenclature and formal taxonomic treatment of oxyphototroph prokaryotes (Cyanoprokaryotes). Published by the Authors, Třeboň and Boston, 1990.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 5
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 14
Total number of child taxa: 14

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Oncobyrsa adriatica Hauck 1885	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Oncobyrsa brebissonii Meneghini 1842	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Oncobyrsa cesatiana Rabenhorst 1865	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), illegitimate name	synonym
    Oncobyrsa ericetorum (Kützing 1845) Rabenhorst 1865	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Oncobyrsa fluviatilis Agardh 1827	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Oncobyrsa guadelupensis (Crouan and Crouan 1865) Crouan and Crouan 1878	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Oncobyrsa hispanica Lewin 1888	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Oncobyrsa lacustris Schröter and Kirchner 1896	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), illegitimate name	synonym
    Oncobyrsa lacustris Kirchner 1898	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Oncobyrsa marina (Grunow 1861) Rabenhorst 1865	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Oncobyrsa rivularis (Kützing 1833) Meneghini 1842	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), illegitimate name	synonym
    Oncobyrsa sarcinoides Elenkin 1923	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Oncobyrsa sparsa Rabenhorst 1865	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Oncobyrsa ulvacea (Kützing 1843) Rabenhorst 1865	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym

Parent taxon: Hydrococcaceae Kützing 1843

Assigned by: Komárek J, Golubić S. Guide to the Nomenclature and formal taxonomic treatment of oxyphototroph prokaryotes (Cyanoprokaryotes). Published by the Authors, Třeboň and Boston, 1990.

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