Name: Schizothrix Kützing ex Gomont 1892

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Gr. fem. n. thrix, hair; N.L. fem. n. Schizothrix

Gender: feminine (stem: Schizotrich-)

Type species: Schizothrix fuscescens Kützing ex Gomont 1892

Valid publication: Gomont M. Monographie des Oscillariées (Nostocacées homocystées). Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Botanique, Série 7 1892; 15:263-368.

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family Schizotrichaceae Elenkin 1949. 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.
  • 🧕 Geitler (1925) assigned this genus to the family Oscillatoriaceae Engler 1898. Publication: Geitler L. Synoptische Darstellung der Cyanophyceen in morphologischer und systematischer Hinsicht. Beihefte zum Botanischen Centralblatt 1925; 41:163-294.
  • 🧕 Strunecky et al. (2023) assigned this genus to the family "Trichocoleusaceae". 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: "Hchizothrix"; "Scfiizothrix"; "Schieothrix"; "Schigothrix"; "Schimothrix"; "Schisothrix"; "Schitzothrix"; "Schixothrix"; "Schizolhrix"; "Schizothria"; "Schizotlttix"; "Schizoturix"; "Schlzothrix"; "Schrizothrix"; "Schzothrix"; "Scizothrix"; "Sckizothrix"; "Scliizothrix"; "Scllizothrix"; "Sclzizothrix"; "Sctaizothrix"; "Sehizothricis"; "Sehizothrix"; "Sehjzothrix"; "Sohizothrix"; "Sslzizothrix".
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: TNS: 1; CCALA: 1.
  • 🧍 Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "SZTX" for this genus name but this does not appear to be of practical relevance any longer. Publication: Pittman KF, Walczak CA, Lock CM. Codes and abbreviations for approved of effectively published names of genera of bacteria published from January 1980 to December 1990. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1991; 41:571-579.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 61
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 85
Total number of child taxa: 93

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Schizothrix acuminata (Gardner 1927) Drouet 1942	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Schizothrix acutissima Drouet 1943	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Schizothrix adunca Schwabe 1960	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Schizothrix affinis Lemmermann 1905	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Schizothrix aikenensis (Wolle 1877) Philson 1939	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Schizothrix anabaenoides (Drouet 1961) Drouet 1971	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Schizothrix antarctica Fritsch 1917	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Schizothrix arenaria Berkeley ex Gomont 1892	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Schizothrix atacamensis Schwabe 1960	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Schizothrix braunii Gomont 1892	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    "Schizothrix brebissonii" (Kützing ex Gomont 1892) Bourrelly 1970	not validly published	synonym (and no standing)
    Schizothrix calcicola Gomont ex Gomont 1892	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Schizothrix californica Drouet 1943	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Schizothrix cavallinesii Gonzalez-Guerrero 1946	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Schizothrix cavanillesii Gonzalez Guerrero 1946	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Schizothrix chalybea (Kützing 1863) Gomont 1892	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Schizothrix confervae (Kützing 1843) Desikachary 1959	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Schizothrix constricta Copeland 1936	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    "Schizothrix constricta" Golubic 1973	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    "Schizothrix constricta" Golubić 1973	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    Schizothrix coriacea (Kützing 1843) Gomont 1892	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Schizothrix dailyi Drouet 1943	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Schizothrix diplosiphon (Woronichin 1923) Anagnostidis 2001	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Schizothrix endophytica Weber-Van Bosse 1926	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Schizothrix epilithica (Ercegović 1925) Anagnostidis 2001	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Schizothrix facilis (Skuja 1964) Anagnostidis 2001	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Schizothrix fasciculata Gomont ex Gomont 1892	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Schizothrix flammea Komárek and Watanabe 1998	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Schizothrix fragilis Kützing ex Gomont 1892	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Schizothrix funalis West and West 1896	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Schizothrix funiculus Woronichin 1932	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Schizothrix fuscescens Kützing ex Gomont 1892	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Schizothrix gebeleinii Golubić and Browne 1996	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    "Schizothrix gracilis" Golubić 1973	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    Schizothrix grunoviana Elenkin 1949	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Schizothrix hancockii Drouet 1936	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Schizothrix heufleri Grunow ex Gomont 1892	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    "Schizothrix hyalina" Kützing 1849	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    Schizothrix incrustans (Ercegović 1925) Anagnostidis 2001	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Schizothrix lacustris Braun ex Gomont 1892	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Schizothrix lamyi Gomont 1891	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Schizothrix lardacea (Cesati 1857) Gomont 1892	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Schizothrix lateritia Gomont ex Gomont 1892	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Schizothrix lenormandiana Gomont 1892	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Schizothrix longearticulata (Geitler 1932) Anagnostidis 2001	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Schizothrix luteola Duvigneaud and Symoens 1951	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Schizothrix luteola Sarthou et al. 1995	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), illegitimate name, later homonym	in need of a replacement
    Schizothrix macbridei Drouet 1943	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Schizothrix mellea Gardner 1927	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Schizothrix mexicana Gomont 1892	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Schizothrix minor (Gardner 1927) Anagnostidis 2001	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Schizothrix muelleri corrig. Nägeli ex Gomont 1892	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Schizothrix mulleri Nägeli ex Gomont 1892	inaccurate spelling (ICN [Botanical Code])	misspelling
    Schizothrix naegelii (Kützing ex Forti 1907) Geitler 1925	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Schizothrix nigrovaginata (Hansgirg 1892) Geitler 1932	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Schizothrix nullipora (Grunow ex Forti 1907) Geitler 1925	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Schizothrix pallida (Kützing ex Forti 1907) Geitler 1932	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Schizothrix parciramosa (Gardner 1927) Geitler 1932	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Schizothrix penicillata Gomont 1892	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Schizothrix perforans Geitler 1928	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Schizothrix polytrichoides Fritsch 1918	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    "Schizothrix portoricensis" Komárek 1985	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    Schizothrix pseudofriesii Duvigneaud and Symoens 1951	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Schizothrix pulvinata (Kützing 1849) Gomont 1892	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Schizothrix purpurascens Gomont 1892	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Schizothrix radiussolis Watanabe and Komárek 1994	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Schizothrix richardsii Drouet 1943	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Schizothrix rivulariarum Woronichin 1932	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Schizothrix rivularis (Wolle 1887) Drouet 1942	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Schizothrix rosea Gardner 1927	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Schizothrix roseola (Gardner 1927) Drouet 1942	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Schizothrix rubella Gomont 1892	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Schizothrix rubra Kützing ex Gomont 1892	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Schizothrix semiglobosa Geitler 1928	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Schizothrix septentrionalis Gomont 1899	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Schizothrix simplicior Skuja 1964	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    "Schizothrix splendida" Golubić 1973	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    Schizothrix stockmayeri Skuja 1937	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Schizothrix stricklandii Drouet 1943	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Schizothrix subundulata (Martens 1871) Desikachary 1959	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Schizothrix symplocoides (Gardner 1927) Geitler 1932	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Schizothrix taylorii Drouet 1943	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Schizothrix tenebrosa Turicchia et al. 2009	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Schizothrix tenerrima (Gomont 1892) Drouet 1968	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Schizothrix thelephoroides (Montagne 1839) Gomont 1892	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Schizothrix thermophila Copeland 1936	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Schizothrix tinctoria Gomont ex Gomont 1892	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Schizothrix vaginata Gomont 1892	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Schizothrix venezuelana Kaštovský et al. 2016	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Schizothrix viguieri Frémy 1930	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Schizothrix violacea Gardner 1927	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Schizothrix willei (Gardner 1927) Geitler 1932	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Schizothrix yellowstonensis (Copeland 1936) Anagnostidis and Komárek 2001	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name

Parent taxon: Schizotrichaceae Elenkin 1949

Assigned by: Hoffmann L, Komárek J, Kaštovský J. System of cyanoprokaryotes (cyanobacteria) – state in 2004. Algol. Stud. 2005; 117:95-115.

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Record number: 6350