Name: Prochloron (ex Lewin 1977) Florenzano et al. 1986

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov., nom. rev.

Etymology: Gr. pref. pro-, before, primitive; Gr. masc. adj. chlôros, green; N.L. neut. n. Prochloron, primitive green (cell)

Gender: neuter (stem: Prochlor-)

Type species: Prochloron didemni (ex Lewin 1977) Florenzano et al. 1986

Valid 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.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Prochloron Lewin 1977	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)

• Notes:
  • Nomenclatural type of the family Prochloraceae (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.
  • Nomenclatural type of the order Prochlorales (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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Cyanobacteria validly published under the bacteriological code. Publication: Parker CT, Tindall BJ, Garrity GM. International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:S1-S111.
  • Previously, the genus name Prochloron was validly published under the Botanical Code by Lewin 1977. Publication: Staley JT, Bryant MP, Pfennig N, Holt JG. Editorial note. In: Staley JT, Bryant MP, Pfennig N, Holt JG (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, first edition, vol. 3, The Williams & Wilkins Co., Baltimore, 1989, p. 1799.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 1
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 2
Total number of child taxa: 2

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Prochloron didemni (Lewin 1975) Lewin 1977	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Prochloron didemni (ex Lewin 1977) Florenzano et al. 1986	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Prochloraceae (ex Lewin 1977) Florenzano et al. 1986

Assigned by: 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.

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