Name: Pediochloris Geitler 1925

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Pe.di.o.chlo’ris. Gr. neut. n. pedion, a plain, a flat area; Gr. masc. adj. chlôros, green; N.L. fem. n. Pediochloris, a green plain

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): feminine (stem: Pediochlorid-), pe-di-o-K^HLO-ris

Type species: Pediochloris parallela (Szafer 1910) Geitler 1925

Valid publication: Geitler L. Cyanophyceae. In: Pascher A (eds), Die Süsswasser-Flora Deutschlands, Österreichs und der Schweiz. Vol. 12, Gustav Fischer, Jena, 1925, p. 1-450.

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Starmach (1966) assigned this genus to the family "Cyanochloridaceae" Fritsch 1945. Publication: Starmach K. Flora slodkowodna Polski [Freshwater flora of Poland]. Volume 2. Cyanophyta-Sinice. Glaucophyta-Glaukofity. PAN, Panstwowe Wydawnictwo Naukowe, Warszawa, 1966.
  • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Aphanothece Nägeli 1849. Publication: Szafer W. Zur Kenntnis der Schwefelflora in der Umgebung von Lemberg. Bulletin International de l'Académie des Sciences de Cracovie, Classe des Sciences Mathématiques et Naturelles Série B 1910; 1910:161-167.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Pediochlaris".
  • 🧍 Name validly published under the ICNafp that is now regarded as prokaryote other than cyanobacteria. 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: 1
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 1
Total number of child taxa: 1

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Pediochloris parallela (Szafer 1910) Geitler 1925	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name

Parent taxon: "Chlorobacteriaceae" Geitler and Pascher 1925

Assigned by: Burkholder WH. Genus I. Pseudomonas Migula. Bacterial plant pathogens. In: Breed RS, Murray EGD, Hitchens AP (eds), Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 6th ed., The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1948, p. 82-150.

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