Name: Pseudoscytonema Elenkin 1949

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Gr. neut. n. nêma, a thread; N.L. neut. n. Pseudoscytonema

Gender: neuter (stem: Pseudoscytonemat-)

Type species: Pseudoscytonema malayense Elenkin 1949

Valid publication: Elenkin AA. Monographia algarum Cyanophycearum aquidulcium et terrestrium in finibus URSS inventarum, Pars specialis (Systematica), Fasc. II. III. Hormogoneae (Geitl.) Elenk. Sumptibus Academiae Scientarum URSS, Mosqua & Leningrad, 1949.

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • Nomenclatural type of the family Pseudoscytonemataceae Elenkin 1949. Publication: Elenkin AA. Sinezelenye vodorosli SSSR. Spetsial’naya (sistematicheskaya) chast’. Vyp. 2. Izdatel'stvo Akademii Nauk USSR, Moskva & Leningrad, 1949.
  • Hoffmann et al. (2005) assigned this genus to the family "Ammatoideaceae". Publication: Hoffmann L, Komárek J, Kaštovský J. System of cyanoprokaryotes (cyanobacteria) – state in 2004. Algol. Stud. 2005; 117:95-115.
  • This taxon name is occasionally misprinted in some sources as: "Pseudascytonema".

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 5
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 6
Total number of child taxa: 6

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Pseudoscytonema capitatum (Jaag 1935) Anagnostidis and Komárek 1988	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), illegitimate name	in need of a replacement
    Pseudoscytonema congregationis (Schwabe 1962) Anagnostidis and Komárek 1988	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Pseudoscytonema malayense Elenkin 1949	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Pseudoscytonema sphaerocephalum (Jao and Lee 1962) Anagnostidis and Komárek 1988	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Pseudoscytonema spongiosum (Schwabe 1962) Anagnostidis and Komárek 1988	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Pseudoscytonema subclavatum (Starmach 1958) Anagnostidis and Komárek 1988	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name

Parent taxon: Microcoleaceae Komárek et al. 2014

Assigned by: 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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Record number: 6389