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, a cyanobacterial genus

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): feminine (stem: Pleurocaps-), ple͡u-ro-KAP-sa

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. 1-575.

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the class "Pleurocapsophyceae" Starmach 1966. Publication: Starmach K. Cyanophyta-Sinice. Glaucophyta-Glaukofity. In: Starmach K (eds), Flora slodkowodna Polski. Band 2, Panstwowe Wydawnietwo Naukowe, Warszawa, 1966, p. 807.
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family Pleurocapsaceae Geitler 1925. Publication: Geitler L. Synoptische Darstellung der Cyanophyceen in morphologischer und systematischer Hinsicht. Beihefte zum Botanischen Centralblatt 1925; 41:163-294.
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the order Pleurocapsales Geitler 1925. Publication: Geitler L. Cyanophyceae. In: Pascher A (eds), Die Süsswasser-Flora Deutschlands, Österreichs und der Schweiz, Gustav Fischer, Jena, 1925, p. 1-450.
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the order Pleurocapsales Cavalier-Smith 2002. Publication: Cavalier-Smith T. The neomuran origin of archaebacteria, the negibacterial root of the universal tree and bacterial megaclassification. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:7-76. 🇬🇧
  • 🧕 Geitler (1925) assigned this genus to the family Pleurocapsaceae Geitler 1925. Publication: Geitler L. Synoptische Darstellung der Cyanophyceen in morphologischer und systematischer Hinsicht. Beihefte zum Botanischen Centralblatt 1925; 41:163-294.
  • 🧕 Geitler (1925) assigned this genus to the order Pleurocapsales Geitler 1925. Publication: Geitler L. Cyanophyceae. In: Pascher A (eds), Die Süsswasser-Flora Deutschlands, Österreichs und der Schweiz, Gustav Fischer, Jena, 1925, p. 79.
  • 🧕 Komarek et al. (2014) assigned this genus to the family Pleurocapsaceae Geitler 1925. 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. 🇨🇿
  • 🧕 Strunecky et al. (2023) assigned this genus to the family Pleurocapsaceae Geitler 1925. Publication: 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. 🇨🇿
  • 🧒 Hansgirg (1890) assigned the section Cyanoderma (Weber-van Bosse 1887) Hansgirg 1890 to this genus. Publication: Hansgirg A. Physiologische und algologische Mittheilungen. Sitzungsber. Königl. Böhm. Ges. Wiss., Math.-Naturwiss. Cl. 1890; 1890:83-140.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Heurecapsa"; "Pieurocapsa"; "Plcurocapsa"; "Plearocapsa"; "Pleiirocapsa"; "Plenrocapsa"; "Pleumcapsa"; "Pleurecapsa"; "Pleurocapaa"; "Pleurocapua"; "Pleurocayosa"; "Pleurocqpsa"; "Pleurocupsa"; "Pleuroeapsa"; "Pleuroecapsa"; "Pleurooapsa"; "Pleurscapsa"; "Pleurucapsa"; "Plevrocapsa"; "Plewocapsa"; "Plewrocapsa"; "Plexrocapsa"; "Plmrocapsa"; "Pteurocapsa"; "Rleurocapsa".
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: LEGE: 2; CCAP: 2; BISH: 1; PCC: 1.
  • 🧍 Komarek et al. (2014) treated Hyellaceae as synonym of the younger Pleurocapsaceae but assigned this genus to Hyellaceae in the hierarchical classification. Publication: Komárek J, Kastovsky J, Mares J, Johansen JR. Taxonomic classification of cyanoprokaryotes (cyanobacterial genera) 2014, using a polyphasic approach. Preslia 2014; 86:295-335. 🇨🇿
  • 🧍 Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "PLCP" for this genus name but this does not appear to be of practical relevance any longer. Publication: Pittman KF, Walczak CA, Lock CM. Codes and abbreviations for approved of effectively published names of genera of bacteria published from January 1980 to December 1990. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1991; 41:571-579.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 18
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 37
Total number of child taxa: 41

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Pleurocapsa africana Gayral and Mazancourt 1959	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Pleurocapsa amethystea Rosenvinge 1893	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Pleurocapsa aurantiaca Geitler 1932	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Pleurocapsa bradypodis (Weber-van Bosse 1887) Hansgirg 1890	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Pleurocapsa brevissima (Ercegović 1932) Komárek and Anagnostidis 1995	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Pleurocapsa caldaria (Tilden 1898) Setchell 1901	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Pleurocapsa choleopodis (Weber-van Bosse 1867) Hansgirg 1890	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Pleurocapsa concharum Hansgirg 1890	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Pleurocapsa conferta (Kützing 1845) Setchell 1912	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    "Pleurocapsa cornuana" (Sauvageau 1895) Bourrelly 1970	not validly published	synonym
    Pleurocapsa crepidinum Collins 1901	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Pleurocapsa crepidinum (Thuret 1854) Ercegović 1930	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), illegitimate name, later homonym	synonym
    Pleurocapsa cuprea Hansgirg 1892	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Pleurocapsa deeveyi Drouet 1942	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Pleurocapsa entophysaloides Setchell and Gardner 1918	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Pleurocapsa epiphytica Gardner 1927	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Pleurocapsa ercegovicii De Toni f. 1934	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Pleurocapsa fissurarum Ercegović 1932	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Pleurocapsa fluviatilis Lagerheim 1888	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Pleurocapsa fremyi Bourrelly 1984	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Pleurocapsa fuliginosa Hauck 1885	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Pleurocapsa fusca Godward 1937	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    "Pleurocapsa gallaecica" Miranda 1982	not validly published	preferred name
    "Pleurocapsa gelatinosa" (Geitler 1933) Bourrelly 1970	not validly published	synonym
    Pleurocapsa gloeocapsoides Setchell and Gardner 1918	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Pleurocapsa hansgirgiana (Ercegović 1930) Komárek and Anagnostidis 1995	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Pleurocapsa kerneri (Hansgirg 1887) Drouet 1942	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Pleurocapsa magna Weber-van Bosse 1913	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Pleurocapsa mayorii Setchell 1924	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Pleurocapsa minor Hansgirg 1890	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Pleurocapsa minuta Geitler 1932	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Pleurocapsa mucosa (Ercegović 1932) Komárek and Anagnostidis 1995	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Pleurocapsa muralis Lagerheim 1893	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Pleurocapsa parenchymatica Geitler 1933	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    "Pleurocapsa penascus" Walter et al. 2017	not validly published	preferred name
    Pleurocapsa polonica Raciborski 1910	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Pleurocapsa rivularis (Hansgirg 1889) Hansgirg 1890	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Pleurocapsa salevensis Chodat 1909	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Pleurocapsa subgelatinosa Geitler 1933	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Pleurocapsa usteriana Schmidle 1904	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Pleurocapsa violacea Weber-Van Bosse 1926	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name

Parent taxon: Hydrococcaceae Kützing 1843

Assigned by: Hoffmann L, Komárek J, Kaštovský J. System of cyanoprokaryotes (cyanobacteria) – state in 2004. Algol. Stud. 2005; 117:95-115. 🇱🇺

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