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Genus Phylloderma
Name: Phylloderma Suringar 1872
Etymology: Phyl.lo.der’ma. Gr. neut. n. phyllon, leaf; Gr. neut. n. derma, skin; N.L. neut. n. Phylloderma, leaf-like skin
Gender: neuter (stem: Phyllodermat-)
Type species: Phylloderma sacrum Suringar 1872
Valid publication: Suringar WFR. Illustrationes des algues du Japon. Musée Botanique de Leide 1872; 1:63-76.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
Correct name: Aphanothece Nägeli 1849
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Synonyms:
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Name Kind Coccochloris Sprengel 1807 heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), rejected name Cyanogastrum Schiller 1956 heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) Aphanothece Nägeli 1849 heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), conserved name Coccochloris Sprengel 1827 heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), rejected name, later homonym
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Notes:
- 🧕 Komarek et al. (2014) assigned this genus to the family Aphanothecaceae (Komárek and Anagnostidis 1986) Komárek et al. 2014. 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.
- 🚂 For the type species of this genus another name is in use, which is affiliated with the genus Aphanothece Nägeli 1849. Publication: Okada Y. On the reversion of Phylloderma sacrum Sur. Journal Jap. Bot. 1953; 28:17-20.
- 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Phyiloderma".
- ❗ Phylloderma 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).
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 1
Total number of child taxa: 1
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status Phylloderma sacrum Suringar 1872 validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) synonym
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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: 3826
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