Name: Thackerella Bharadwaja 1963

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Thac.ke.rel’la. N.L. fem. dim. n. Thackerella, named in honor of Maneklal Sankalchand Thacker, Indian academic and the director general of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): feminine (stem: Thackerell-), t^hak-ke-REL-la

Type species: Thackerella indica Bharadwaja 1963

Valid publication: Bharadwaja Y. The freshwater algae of Manipur, India - I. Proceedings of the National Institute of Sciences of India – Section B 1963; 57:239-258.

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

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Homoeoptyche Skuja 1944

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Homoeoptyche Skuja 1944	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)

• Notes:
  • 🚂 For the type species of this genus another name is in use, which is affiliated with the genus Homoeoptyche Skuja 1944. Publication: Bourrelly P. Les algues d'eau douce. Initiation à la systématique. Tome III: Les Algues bleues et rouges. Les Eugléniens, Peridiniens et Cryptomonadines. Boubée & Cie, Paris, 1970.
  • ❗ Thackerella is the correct name instead if this genus is regarded as a separate genus (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another genus whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority).

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 1
Total number of child taxa: 1

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Thackerella indica Bharadwaja 1963	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym

Parent taxon: Stigonemataceae corrig. (Agardh ex Bornet and Flahault 1886) Borzì 1892

Assigned by: Bharadwaja Y. The freshwater algae of Manipur, India - I. Proceedings of the National Institute of Sciences of India – Section B 1963; 57:239-258.

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