Name: Pannus Hickel 1991

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: L. masc. n. Pannus, rag, with reference to the appearance of the colonies

Gender: masculine (stem: Pann-)

Type species: Pannus spumosus Hickel 1991

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Hickel B. Two new chroococcal cyanophytes from a brackish environment (Schlei-Fjord), Germany. Algological Studies 1991; 64:97-104.

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • Hoffmann et al. (2005) assigned this genus to the family Synechococcaceae Komárek and Anagnostidis 1995. Publication: Hoffmann L, Komárek J, Kaštovský J. System of cyanoprokaryotes (cyanobacteria) – state in 2004. Algol. Stud. 2005; 117:95-115.
  • 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: "Pannaus"; "Pnnnus"; "Prnnus".

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 3
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 5
Total number of child taxa: 5

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Pannus brasiliensis Malone et al. 2014	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Pannus leloupii (Kufferath 1950) Hindák 1993	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Pannus microcystiformis Hindák 1993	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Pannus planus Hindák 1993	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Pannus spumosus Hickel 1991	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name

Parent taxon: Merismopediaceae Elenkin 1933

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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Record number: 6240