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Genus Sirocoleum
Name: Sirocoleum Kützing ex Gomont 1892
Etymology: Si.ro.co’le.um. Gr. masc. n. siros, a pit; Gr. neut. n. koleon, sheath; N.L. neut. n. Sirocoleum, a sheath from a pit
Gender, pronunciation: neuter (stem: Sirocole-), si-ro-KO-le-um
Type species: Sirocoleum guyanense 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
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Notes:
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🧕 Hoffmann et al. (2005) assigned this genus to the family Phormidiaceae Anagnostidis and Komárek 1988.
Publication:
Hoffmann L, Komárek J, Kaštovský J. System of cyanoprokaryotes (cyanobacteria) – state in 2004. Algol. Stud. 2005; 117:95-115.
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🧕 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.
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🧕 Hoffmann et al. (2005) assigned this genus to the family Phormidiaceae Anagnostidis and Komárek 1988.
Publication:
Hoffmann L, Komárek J, Kaštovský J. System of cyanoprokaryotes (cyanobacteria) – state in 2004. Algol. Stud. 2005; 117:95-115.
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 2
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 4
Total number of child taxa: 4
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status Sirocoleum amorphum (Berkeley ex Gomont 1892) Umezaki and Watanabe 1994 validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) synonym Sirocoleum guyanense Kützing ex Gomont 1892 validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) correct name Sirocoleum jensenii Weber-van Bosse 1926 validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) synonym Sirocoleum kurzii (Zeller 1873) Gomont 1892 validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) correct name
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Parent taxon: Microcoleaceae (Hansgirg 1892) Strunecký et al. 2013
Assigned by: Komárek J, Kaštovský J, Mareš J, Johansen JR. Taxonomic classification of cyanoprokaryotes (cyanobacterial genera) 2014, using a polyphasic approach. Preslia 2014; 86:295-335. 🇨🇿
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Record number: 6349
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