Name: Pleurocapsa Thuret 1885

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Pleu.ro.cap.sa. L. fem. n. capsa, box; N.L. fem. n. Pleurocapsa, type genus of the order

Gender: feminine (stem: Pleurocaps-)

Type species: Pleurocapsa fuliginosa Hauck 1885

Valid publication: Hauck F. Die Meeresalgen Deutschlands und Österreichs. In: Rabenhorst L (eds), Kryptogamen-Flora von Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz. Zweite Auflage, Eduard Kummer, Leipzig, 1885, p. 513-575.

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 19
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 26
Total number of child taxa: 29

Parent taxon: Pleurocapsaceae Geitler 1925

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: 6499
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