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Genus "Symphyothrix"
Name: "Symphyothrix" Kützing 1843
Etymology: Sym.phy.o’thrix. N.L. fem. n. Symphyothrix
Gender, pronunciation: feminine (stem: Symphyotrich-), sym-phy-O-thriks
Type species: "Symphyothrix fuscescens" Kützing 1843
Original publication: Kützing FT. Phycologia generalis oder Anatomie, Physiologie und Systemkunde der Tange. Mit 80 farbig gedruckten Tafeln, gezeichnet und gravirt vom Verfasser. F.A. Brockhaus, Leipzig, 1843.
Nomenclatural status: not validly published
Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)
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Notes:
- 🧕 Drouet (1968) assigned this genus to the family Oscillatoriaceae Engler 1898. Publication: Drouet F. Revision of the classification of the Oscillatoriaceae. Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Monograph 1968; 15:1-370.
- 🧕 Komarek and Golubic (1990) assigned this genus to the family Phormidiaceae Anagnostidis and Komárek 1988. Publication: Komarek J, Golubic S. Guide to the Nomenclature and formal taxonomic treatment of oxyphototroph prokaryotes (Cyanoprokaryotes). Unknown Publisher, Unknown City, 1990.
- 🧕 Komarek and Golubic (1990) assigned this genus to the subfamily "Phormidioideae". Publication: Komarek J, Golubic S. Guide to the Nomenclature and formal taxonomic treatment of oxyphototroph prokaryotes (Cyanoprokaryotes). Unknown Publisher, Unknown City, 1990.
- 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Hymphyothrix"; "Sympkyothrix".
- 🧍 Komarek and Golubic (1990) emphasize that this name is a pre-starting-point synonym. Publication: Komarek J, Golubic S. Guide to the Nomenclature and formal taxonomic treatment of oxyphototroph prokaryotes (Cyanoprokaryotes). Unknown Publisher, Unknown City, 1990.
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 0
Total number of child taxa: 2
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status "Symphyothrix fuscescens" Kützing 1843 not validly published synonym "Symphyothrix thermalis" Kützing 1843 not validly published preferred name
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Parent taxon: Microcoleaceae (Hansgirg 1892) Strunecký et al. 2013
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: 18035
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