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Genus Pannus
Etymology: Pan’nus. L. masc. n. Pannus, rag, with reference to the appearance of the colonies
Gender, pronunciation: masculine (stem: Pann-), PAN-nus
Type species: Pannus spumosus Hickel 1991
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
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
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Notes:
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🧕 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.
- 🧕 Komarek et al. (2014) assigned this genus to the family Merismopediaceae Elenkin 1933. 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.
- 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Pannaus"; "Pnnnus"; "Prnnus".
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🧕 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.
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
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Child taxa:
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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
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Parent taxon: Microcystaceae Elenkin 1933
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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Record number: 6240
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