Name: Tetrachloris Pascher 1925

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Te.tra.chlo’ris. N.L. fem. n. Tetrachloris, a green organism with four cells

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): feminine (stem: Tetrachlorid-), te-tra-K^HLO-ris

Type species: Tetrachloris inconstans Pascher 1925

Valid publication: Geitler L, Pascher A. Cyanochloridinae = Chlorobacteriaceae. In: Pascher A (eds), Die Süsswasser-Flora Deutschlands, Österreichs und der Schweiz. Vol. 12, Gustav Fischer, Jena, 1925, p. 451-463.

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Geitler (1925) assigned this genus to the family "Chlorobacteriaceae" Geitler and Pascher 1925. Publication: Geitler L, Pascher A. Cyanochloridinae = Chlorobacteriaceae. In: Pascher A (eds), Die Süsswasser-Flora Deutschlands, Österreichs und der Schweiz. Vol. 12, Gustav Fischer, Jena, 1925, p. 451-463.
  • 🧕 Starmach (1966) assigned this genus to the family "Cyanochloridaceae" Fritsch 1945. Publication: Starmach K. Flora slodkowodna Polski [Freshwater flora of Poland]. Volume 2. Cyanophyta-Sinice. Glaucophyta-Glaukofity. PAN, Panstwowe Wydawnictwo Naukowe, Warszawa, 1966.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Tctrachloris"; "Tetracliloris"; "Tetraehloris"; "Tetruchloris"; "Zetrachloris".
  • 😡 This taxon name is a homonym of Tetrachloris Pascher and Jahoda 1928.
  • 💥 This name is a homonym of Tetrachloris Pascher and R.Jahoda, 1928 (botanical) [from Catalogue of Life].
  • 🧍 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: 4
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 5
Total number of child taxa: 5

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Tetrachloris allorgei Bourrelly 1951	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    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
    Tetrachloris merismopedioides Skuja 1948	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Tetrachloris minima Starmach 1928	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name

Parent taxon: Chroococcaceae Rabenhorst 1863

Assigned by: Pringsheim EG. [Taxonomy of the green bacteria]. Arch Mikrobiol 1953; 19:353-364.

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Record number: 34844