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Genus Polythrix
Name: Polythrix Zanardini ex Bornet and Flahault 1886
Etymology: Po.ly’thrix. Gr. masc. adj. polys, many; Gr. fem. n. thrix, a hair; N.L. fem. n. Polythrix, many hairs
Gender, pronunciation (Latin): feminine (stem: Polytrich-), po-LY-thriks
Type species: Polythrix corymbosa (Harvey 1858) Grunow ex Bornet and Flahault 1886
Valid publication: Bornet É, Flahault C. Revision des Nostocacées hétérocystées contenues dans les principaux herbiers de France. Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Botanique, Septième série 1886; 3:323-381.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
Taxonomic status: correct name
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Notes:
- 🧍 Komarek and Golubic (1990) regard this name as a later homonym. Publication: Komarek J, Golubic S. Guide to the Nomenclature and formal taxonomic treatment of oxyphototroph prokaryotes (Cyanoprokaryotes). Unknown Publisher, Unknown City, 1990.
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🧍 Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "POTX" 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.
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 1
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 Polythrix corymbosa (Harvey 1858) Grunow ex Bornet and Flahault 1886 validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) correct name
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Parent taxon: Rivulariaceae Rabenhorst ex Bornet and Flahault 1886
Assigned by: Geitler L. Synoptische Darstellung der Cyanophyceen in morphologischer und systematischer Hinsicht. Beihefte zum Botanischen Centralblatt 1925; 41:163-294.
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Record number: 17920
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