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Genus Prochloron
Name: Prochloron Lewin ex Hoffmann and Greuter 1993
Etymology: Pro.chlo’ron. Gr. prep. pro, before; Gr. masc. adj. chlôros, green; N.L. neut. n. Prochloron, primitive green (cell)
Gender, pronunciation: neuter (stem: Prochlor-), pro-KHLO-ron
Type species: Prochloron didemni Lewin ex Hoffmann and Greuter 1993
Valid publication:
Hoffmann L, Greuter W. Validation of Prochloron didemni (Cyanophyta) and nomenclatural discussion of correlated names at the higher ranks. TAXON 1993; 42:641-645. 
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
Taxonomic status: correct name
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Synonyms:
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Name Kind "Prochloron" (ex Lewin 1977) Florenzano et al. 1986 homotypic synonym, not validly published "Prochloron" Lewin 1977 homotypic synonym, not validly published
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Notes:
- 🧕 Boone et al. (2001) assigned this genus to the class "Cyanobacteria". Publication: Garrity GM, Holt JG. The Road Map to the Manual. In: Boone DR, Castenholz RW, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, second edition, vol. 1 (The Archaea and the deeply branching and phototrophic Bacteria), Springer-Verlag, New York, 2001, p. 119-166. 🇺🇸
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🧕 Cavalier-Smith (1998) assigned this genus to the subphylum "Phycobacteria" Cavalier-Smith 1998.
Publication:
Cavalier-Smith T. A revised six-kingdom system of life. Biol Rev Camb Philos Soc 1998; 73:203-266.
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🧕 Hoffmann et al. (2005) assigned this genus to the family "Prochloraceae" Lewin 1977.
Publication:
Hoffmann L, Komárek J, Kaštovský J. System of cyanoprokaryotes (cyanobacteria) – state in 2004. Algol. Stud. 2005; 117:95-115. 🇱🇺
- 🧕 Komarek et al. (2014) assigned this genus to the family "Prochloraceae" Lewin 1977. 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. 🇨🇿
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🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Synechocystis Sauvageau 1892.
Publication:
Lewin RA. A marine Synechocystis (Cyanophyta, Chroococcales) epizoic on ascidians. Phycologia 1975; 14:153-160.
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🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus "Prochloron" Lewin 1977.
Publication:
Lewin RA. Prochloron, type genus of the Prochlorophyta. Phycologia 1977; 16:217.
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🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus "Prochloron" (ex Lewin 1977) Florenzano et al. 1986.
Publication:
Florenzano G, Balloni W, Materassi R. Nomenclature of Prochloron didemni (Lewin 1977) sp. nov., nom. rev., Prochloron (Lewin 1976) gen. nov., nom. rev., Prochloraceae fam. nov., Prochlorales ord. nov., nom. rev. in the class Photobacteria Gibbons and Murray 1978. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1986; 36:351-353.
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 Prochloron didemni Lewin ex Hoffmann and Greuter 1993 validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) correct name
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Parent taxon: Microcystaceae Elenkin 1933
Assigned by:
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. 🇨🇿
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