Name: "Polycoccus" Kützing 1841

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Po.ly.coc’cus. N.L. masc. n. coccus, grain; N.L. masc. n. Polycoccus

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): masculine (stem: Polycocc-), po-ly-KOK-kus

Type species: "Polycoccus punctiformis" Kützing 1841

Original publication: Kützing FT. Die Umwandlung niederer Algen-Formen in höhere, so wie auch in Gattungen ganz verschiedener Familien und Klassen höherer Cryptogamen mit zelligem Bau. Natuurkundige verhandelingen van de Bataafsche Hollandsche Maatschappye der Wetenschappen te Haarlem, series 2 1841; 1:1-120.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Nostoc Vaucher ex Bornet and Flahault 1886

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Polycoccus" Kützing 1843	homotypic synonym, not validly published
    Nostoc Vaucher ex Bornet and Flahault 1886	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
    Stratonostoc Elenkin 1931	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), illegitimate name
    Amorphonostoc Elenkin 1936	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Komarek and Golubic (1990) assigned this genus to the subfamily "Nostocoideae". Publication: Komárek J, Golubić S. Guide to the Nomenclature and formal taxonomic treatment of oxyphototroph prokaryotes (Cyanoprokaryotes). Published by the Authors, Třeboň and Boston, 1990.
  • 🚂 For the type species of this genus another name is in use, which is affiliated with the genus Nostoc Vaucher ex Bornet and Flahault 1886. Publication: Hariot P. Le genre Polycoccus Kützing. Journal de Botanique [Morot] 1891; 5:29-32.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Polycnccus"; "Polyococcus".
  • 🧍 According to Komarek and Golubic (1990) originally assigned to Cyanobacteria but probably developmental stage of Nostoc punctiforme. — 🧍 Komarek and Golubic (1990) emphasize that this name is a pre-starting-point synonym. Publication: Komárek J, Golubić S. Guide to the Nomenclature and formal taxonomic treatment of oxyphototroph prokaryotes (Cyanoprokaryotes). Published by the Authors, Třeboň and Boston, 1990.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 0
Total number of child taxa: 1

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Polycoccus punctiformis" Kützing 1841	not validly published	synonym

Parent taxon: Nostocaceae Eichler 1886

Assigned by: Komárek J, Golubić S. Guide to the Nomenclature and formal taxonomic treatment of oxyphototroph prokaryotes (Cyanoprokaryotes). Published by the Authors, Třeboň and Boston, 1990.

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