Name: Pulvinularia Borzì 1916

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Pul.vi.nu.la’ri.a. L. masc. n. pulvinus, cushion; N.L. fem. n. Pulvinularia, a cushion-like organism

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): feminine (stem: Pulvinulari-), pul-wi-nu-LA-ri-a

Type species: Pulvinularia suecica Borzì 1916

Valid publication: Borzì A. Studi sulle Mixoficee. II. Stigonemaceae. Nuovo Giornale Botanico Italiano, series 2 1916; 23:559-588.

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family Pulvinulariaceae Geitler 1925. Publication: Geitler L. Synoptische Darstellung der Cyanophyceen in morphologischer und systematischer Hinsicht. Beihefte zum Botanischen Centralblatt 1925; 41:163-294.
  • 🧕 Geitler (1925) assigned this genus to the family Pulvinulariaceae Geitler 1925. Publication: Geitler L. Synoptische Darstellung der Cyanophyceen in morphologischer und systematischer Hinsicht. Beihefte zum Botanischen Centralblatt 1925; 41:163-294.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Palvinularia"; "Pulvihularia".

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

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Pulvinularia suecica Borzì 1916	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name

Parent taxon: Stigonemataceae corrig. (Agardh ex Bornet and Flahault 1886) Borzì 1892

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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