Name: Podocapsa Ercegović 1931

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Po.do.cap’sa. Gr. masc. n. pous (gen. podos), leg; L. fem. n. capsa, box; N.L. fem. n. Podocapsa, a box with a leg

Gender, pronunciation: feminine (stem: Podocaps-), po-do-KAP-sa

Type species: Podocapsa pedicellata corrig. Ercegović 1931

Valid publication: Ercegovic A. Podocapsa et Brachynema, deux genres nouveaux Chamaesiphonales de la côte adriatique de Dalmatie. Acta botanica Instituti Botanici Universitatis Zagrebiensis 1931; 6:33-37.

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

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Hydropodocapsa Molinari and Guiry 2021

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Hydropodocapsa Molinari and Guiry 2021	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family Podocapsaceae Ercegovic 1932. Publication: Ercegovic A. Ekoloske I socioloske studije o litofitskim cijanoficejama sa jugoslavenske obale Jadrana. Rad Jugoslav. Akad. Znan. 1932; 244:129-220.
  • 🧕 Ercegovic (1932) assigned this genus to the family Podocapsaceae Ercegovic 1932. Publication: Ercegovic A. Études écologiques et sociologiques des Cyanophycées lithophytes de la côte Yougoslave de l'Adriatique. Bull. Internat. Acad. Yougoslave Sci. Arts, Class mat. - nat. 1932; 26:33-56.
  • 🧕 Komarek et al. (2014) assigned this genus to the family Hyellaceae Borzi 1914. 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.
  • 🧕 Molinari and Guiry (2021) assigned this genus to the family Hyellaceae Borzi 1914. Publication: Molinari EA, Guiry MD. [Title pending]. Notulae algarum 2021; 183:2.
  • 🧕 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.
  • 🚂 For the type species of this genus another name is in use, which is affiliated with the genus Hydropodocapsa Molinari and Guiry 2021. Publication: Molinari-Novoa EA, Guiry MD. Nomenclatural notes on algae. IV. Further replacement names for various algal taxa. Notulae Algarum 2021; 183:1-10.
  • 🧍 Later homonym of Podocapsa Van Tieghem 1887 (Saccharomycetes). 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.

Subdivision:

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: 2

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Podocapsa pedicellata corrig. Ercegović 1931	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), illegitimate name	synonym
    Podocapsa pedicellatum Ercegović 1931	inaccurate spelling and illegitimate (ICN [Botanical Code])	misspelling

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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Record number: 6429