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Name: Richelia Schmidt 1902

Category, proposed as: genus, gen. nov.

Etymology: Ri.che’li.a. N.L. fem. n. Richelia, named to honor Andreas du Plessis de Richelieu, Danish naval officer

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): feminine (stem: Richeli-), ri-KHE-li-a

Type species: Richelia intracellularis Schmidt 1902

Valid publication: Ostenfeld CH, Schmidt J. Plankton fra det Røde Hav og Adenbugten (Plankton from the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden.). Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk Naturhistorisk Forening 1902; 1901:141-182.

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

  • Notes:
    • 🧕 Strunecky et al. (2023) assigned this genus to the family Rivulariaceae Rabenhorst ex Bornet and Flahault 1886. Publication: 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. 🇨🇿
    • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Eichelia"; "Riclzelia".
    • ✏ The authority of the taxon name (Schmidt) deliberately differs from the authors of the publication (Ostenfeld and Schmidt).
    • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: SAG: 2; CCALA: 1.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 2
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 3
Total number of child taxa: 6

Parent taxon: Nostocaceae Eichler 1886

Assigned by: Hoffmann L, Komárek J, Kastovsky J. System of cyanoprokaryotes (cyanobacteria) - state in 2004. Algological Studies 2005; 117:95-115. 🇱🇺

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Record number: 6453