Name: Rhodostichus Geitler and Pascher 1931

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Rho.do’sti.chus. Gr. masc. n. stichos, a row; N.L. masc. n. Rhodostichus, a red row

Gender, pronunciation: masculine (stem: Rhodostich-), r^ho-DO-sti-k^hus

Type species: Rhodostichus expansus Geitler and Pascher 1931

Valid publication: Geitler L. Rhodostichus n. gen. Arch. Protistenk. 1931; 73:305-310.

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Hoffmann et al. (2005) assigned this genus to the family Synechococcaceae Komárek and Anagnostidis 1995. 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 Synechococcaceae Komárek and Anagnostidis 1995. 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.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Rhotlostichus".
  • ✏ The authority of the taxon name (Geitler and Pascher) deliberately differs from the author of the publication (Geitler).

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
    Rhodostichus expansus Geitler and Pascher 1931	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Rhodostichus fluminensis (Fritsch 1929) Bourrelly 1984	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym

Parent taxon: Cymatolegaceae Strunecký and Mareš 2023

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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Record number: 6495