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Genus Symplocastrum
Name: Symplocastrum (Gomont 1892) Kirchner 1898
Etymology: Sym.plo.cas’trum. N.L. neut. n. Symplocastrum, a star-like braided-together organism
Gender: neuter (stem: Symplocastr-)
Type species: Symplocastrum friesii Kirchner 1898
Valid publication: Kirchner O. Schizophyceae. In: A. Engler KP (eds), Die natürlichen Pflanzenfamilien. I. Teil, Abt. 1a, Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig, 1898, p. 45-92.
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.
- 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Sympiocastrum"; "Symplacastrum"; "Symplocasttum"; "Symplocmtrum".
- 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: BRY: 3; SP: 1.
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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: 21
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 23
Total number of child taxa: 24
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status Symplocastrum albaniense (Drouet 1960) Anagnostidis 2001 validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) correct name Symplocastrum aurantiacum (Hansgirg ex Hansgirg 1892) Anagnostidis 2001 validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) correct name Symplocastrum brittoniae Gardner 1932 validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) correct name Symplocastrum californicum (Drouet 1943) Pietrasiak and Johansen 2014 validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) correct name Symplocastrum coccineum (Gomont 1892) Anagnostidis 2001 validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) correct name Symplocastrum corticiculum Branco et al. 2006 validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) correct name Symplocastrum cuspidatum (West and West 1894) Forti 1907 validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) correct name Symplocastrum flechtnerae Pietrasiak and Mühlsteinová 2014 validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) correct name Symplocastrum fragile (Kützing ex Gomont 1892) Migula 1905 validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) synonym Symplocastrum fragile (Kützing ex Gomont 1892) Forti 1907 validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), illegitimate name synonym Symplocastrum friesii Kirchner 1898 validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) correct name Symplocastrum grunovianum (Elenkin 1949) Anagnostidis 2001 inaccurate spelling (ICN [Botanical Code]) misspelling Symplocastrum grunowianum corrig. (Elenkin 1949) Anagnostidis 2001 validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) correct name Symplocastrum mascarenicum (Gomont 1893) Forti 1907 validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) correct name Symplocastrum muelleri (Nägeli ex Gomont 1892) Anagnostidis 2001 validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) correct name Symplocastrum naegelii (Kützing ex Forti 1907) Anagnostidis 2001 validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) correct name Symplocastrum oligotrichum (Braun ex Gomont 1892) Anagnostidis 2001 validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) correct name Symplocastrum parallelum Branco et al. 2006 validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) correct name Symplocastrum penicillatum (Gomont 1892) Anagnostidis 2001 validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) correct name Symplocastrum purpurascens (Gomont 1892) Anagnostidis 2001 validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) correct name Symplocastrum rubrum (Kützing ex Gomont 1892) Forti 1907 validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) correct name Symplocastrum sauterianum (Grunow ex Forti 1907) Anagnostidis 2001 validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) correct name Symplocastrum selvaticum Branco et al. 2006 validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) correct name Symplocastrum torsivum Pietrasiak and Johansen 2014 validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) correct 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: 6502
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