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Name: Praechroococcus Vologdin 1962

Category, proposed as: genus, gen. nov.

Etymology: Prae.chro.o.coc’cus. L. prep. prae, before; N.L. masc. n. Chroococcus, a cyanobacterial genus; N.L. masc. n. Praechroococcus, before Chroococcus

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): masculine (stem: Praechroococc-), pra͡e-khro-o-KOK-kus

Type species: Praechroococcus catervatus Vologdin 1962

Valid publication: Vologdin AG. Drevnejshie vodorosli SSSR [Ancient Algae of the USSR]. Izdatel'stvo Akademii Nauk SSSR. [in Russian], Moscow, 1962.

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

  • Notes:
    • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Praechroococus".

Subdivision:

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

Parent taxon: Chroococcaceae Rabenhorst 1863

Assigned by: Vologdin AG. Drevnejshie vodorosli SSSR [Ancient Algae of the USSR]. Izdatel'stvo Akademii Nauk SSSR. [in Russian], Moscow, 1962.

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Record number: 47049