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Genus Phormidiochaete
Name: Phormidiochaete Komárek 2001
Etymology: Phor.mi.di.o.chae’te. Gr. fem. n. chaitê, hair; N.L. fem. n. Phormidiochaete
Gender, pronunciation (Latin): feminine (stem: Phormidiochaet-), phor-mi-di-o-KHA͡E-te
Type species: Phormidiochaete nordstedtii (Bornet and Flahault 1886) Komárek 2001
Valid publication: Anagnostidis K. Nomenclatural changes in cyanoprokaryotic order Oscillatoriales. Preslia, Praha 2001; 73:359-375. 🇨🇿
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
Taxonomic status: correct name
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Notes:
- 🧕 Komarek et al. (2014) assigned this genus to the family Homoeotrichaceae Elenkin 1949. 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 Dichothrix Zanardini ex Bornet and Flahault 1886. Publication: Bornet É, Flahault C. Revision des Nostocacées hétérocystées contenues dans les principaux herbiers de France. Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Botanique, Septième série 1886; 3:323-381.
- 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Homoeothrix (Thuret ex Bornet and Flahault 1887) Kirchner 1898. Publication: Komarek J, Kann E. Zur Taxonomie und Oekologie der Gattung Homoeothrix. Archiv für Protistenkunde 1973; 115:173-233.
- ✏ The authority of the taxon name (Komárek) deliberately differs from the author of the publication (Anagnostidis).
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 3
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 4
Total number of child taxa: 4
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status Phormidiochaete balearica (Bornet and Flahault 1886) Komárek 2001 validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) correct name Phormidiochaete crustacea (Borzì ex Bornet and Flahault 1886) Bohunická and Johansen 2011 validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), illegitimate name synonym Phormidiochaete fusca (Starmach 1934) Komárek 2001 validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) correct name Phormidiochaete nordstedtii (Bornet and Flahault 1886) Komárek 2001 validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) correct name
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Parent taxon: Microcoleaceae (Hansgirg 1892) Strunecký et al. 2013
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: 6318
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