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Genus Rhizonema
Name: Rhizonema Lücking and Barrie 2014
Etymology: Rhi.zo.ne’ma. Gr. neut. n. nêma, a thread; N.L. neut. n. Rhizonema, a root-like thread
Gender, pronunciation: neuter (stem: Rhizonemat-), rhi-zo-NE-ma
Type species: Rhizonema interruptum Lücking and Barrie 2014
Valid publication:
Lücking R, Barrie FR, Genney D. Dictyonema coppinsii, a new name for the European species known as Dictyonema interruptum (Basidiomycota: Agaricales: Hygrophoraceae), with a validation of its photobiont Rhizonema (Cyanoprokaryota: Nostocales: Rhizonemataceae). The Lichenologist 2014; 46:261-267. 
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
Taxonomic status: correct name
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Notes:
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🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family Rhizonemataceae Büdel and Kauff ex Lücking and Barrie 2014.
Publication:
Lücking R, Barrie FR, Genney D. Dictyonema coppinsii, a new name for the European species known as Dictyonema interruptum (Basidiomycota: Agaricales: Hygrophoraceae), with a validation of its photobiont Rhizonema (Cyanoprokaryota: Nostocales: Rhizonemataceae). The Lichenologist 2014; 46:261-267.
- 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Rehizonma"; "Rhizonerna".
- ✏ The authority of the taxon name (Lücking and Barrie) deliberately differs from the authors of the publication (Luecking et al.).
- 🧍 According to Komarek and Golubic (1990) originally assigned to Cyanobacteria but possibly Scytonema mixed with fungal hyphae. Publication: Komarek J, Golubic S. Guide to the Nomenclature and formal taxonomic treatment of oxyphototroph prokaryotes (Cyanoprokaryotes). Unknown Publisher, Unknown City, 1990.
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🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family Rhizonemataceae Büdel and Kauff ex Lücking and Barrie 2014.
Publication:
Lücking R, Barrie FR, Genney D. Dictyonema coppinsii, a new name for the European species known as Dictyonema interruptum (Basidiomycota: Agaricales: Hygrophoraceae), with a validation of its photobiont Rhizonema (Cyanoprokaryota: Nostocales: Rhizonemataceae). The Lichenologist 2014; 46:261-267.
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 Rhizonema interruptum Lücking and Barrie 2014 validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) correct name
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Parent taxon: Rhizonemataceae Büdel and Kauff ex Lücking and Barrie 2014
Assigned by:
Lücking R, Barrie FR, Genney D. Dictyonema coppinsii, a new name for the European species known as Dictyonema interruptum (Basidiomycota: Agaricales: Hygrophoraceae), with a validation of its photobiont Rhizonema (Cyanoprokaryota: Nostocales: Rhizonemataceae). The Lichenologist 2014; 46:261-267.
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Record number: 6358
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