Genus Tetrachloris

Name: Tetrachloris Pascher 1925

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: N.L. fem. n. Tetrachloris

Gender: feminine (stem: Tetrachlorid-)

Type species: Tetrachloris inconstans Pascher 1925

Valid publication: Geitler L, Pascher A. Cyanochloridinae = Chlorobacteriaceae. In: Pascher A (eds), Die Süsswasserflora Deutschlands, Österreichs und der Schweiz, Gustav Fischer, Jena, 1925, p. 451-463.

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

Notes:
- Geitler and Pascher (1925) assigned this genus to the family "Chlorobacteriaceae" Geitler and Pascher 1925. Publication: Geitler L, Pascher A. Cyanochloridinae = Chlorobacteriaceae. In: Pascher A (eds), Die Süsswasserflora Deutschlands, Österreichs und der Schweiz, Gustav Fischer, Jena, 1925, p. 451-463.
- Starmach (1966) assigned this genus to the family "Cyanochloridaceae" Fritsch 1945. Publication: Starmach K. Cyanophyta-Sinice. Glaucophyta-Glaukofity. In: Starmach K (eds), Flora slodkowodna Polski. Band 2, Panstwowe Wydawnietwo Naukowe, Warszawa, 1966, p. 807.
- This taxon name is occasionally misprinted in some sources as: "Tctrachloris"; "Tetracliloris"; "Tetraehloris"; "Zetrachloris".
- Different from Tetrachloris Pascher and Jahoda 1928 nom. illeg. (Chlorophyta), which was replaced by Quadrichloris Fott 1960. Publication: Fott B. Taxonomische Übertragungen und Namensänderungen unter den Algen. Preslia 1960; 32:142-154.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 1
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 2
Total number of child taxa: 2

Child taxa:

Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
Tetrachloris diplococcus Pringsheim 1953	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
Tetrachloris inconstans Pascher 1925	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name

Parent taxon: Chroococcaceae Rabenhorst 1863

Assigned by: Pringsheim EG. [Title pending]. Arch. Mikrobiol. 1953; 19:361.

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Record number: 34844

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