Genus Parahoeflea

Name: Parahoeflea Naranjo-Robayo et al. 2026

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Pa.ra.hoe’fle.a. Gr. prep. para, beside, alongside of; N.L. fem. n. Hoeflea, a bacterial genus name; N.L. fem. n. Parahoeflea, a genus adjacent to Hoeflea

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): feminine (stem: Parahoefle-), pa-ra-HO͡E-fle-a

Type species: Parahoeflea phototrophica (Biebl et al. 2006) Naranjo-Robayo et al. 2026

Valid publication: Naranjo-Robayo N, Harrison TL, Esme O, Menendez E, Kuzmanovic N, Peix A, Young JPW, diCenzo GC. Updated taxonomy of the family Rhizobiaceae with proposals for 8 novel genera and 32 novel combinations. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2026; 76:7131. 🇨🇦

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 76, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2026; 76:7198.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Hoeflea Peix et al. 2005

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Allohoeflea Naranjo-Robayo et al. 2026	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
Hoeflea Peix et al. 2005	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- 🚂 For the type species of this genus another name is in use, which is affiliated with the genus Hoeflea Peix et al. 2005. Publication: Biebl H, Tindall BJ, Pukall R, Lunsdorf H, Allgaier M, Wagner-Dobler I. Hoeflea phototrophica sp. nov., a novel marine aerobic alphaproteobacterium that forms bacteriochlorophyll a. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:821-826. 🇩🇪
- ❗ Parahoeflea is the correct name instead if this genus is regarded as a separate genus (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another genus whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority).
- 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is -0.01843 (N = 23).
- 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: KCTC: 2; DSM: 2; JCM: 1; LMG: 1; NCIMB: 1; CECT: 1.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 4
Total number of child taxa: 4

Child taxa:

Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
Parahoeflea alexandrii (Palacios et al. 2006) Naranjo-Robayo et al. 2026	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
Parahoeflea halophila (Jung et al. 2013) Naranjo-Robayo et al. 2026	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
Parahoeflea olei (Rahul et al. 2015) Naranjo-Robayo et al. 2026	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
Parahoeflea phototrophica (Biebl et al. 2006) Naranjo-Robayo et al. 2026	validly published under the ICNP	synonym

Parent taxon: Rhizobiaceae Conn 1938 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Naranjo-Robayo N, Harrison TL, Esme O, Menendez E, Kuzmanovic N, Peix A, Young JPW, diCenzo GC. Updated taxonomy of the family Rhizobiaceae with proposals for 8 novel genera and 32 novel combinations. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2026; 76:7131. 🇨🇦

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