Genus Tildenia

Name: Tildenia Kossinskaja 1926

Category, proposed as: genus, gen. nov.

Etymology: Til.de’ni.a. N.L. fem. n. Tildenia, named in honor of Josephine Tilden, American cyanobacteriologist

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): feminine (stem: Tildeni-), til-DE-ni-a

Type species: Tildenia fuliginosa (Tilden 1909) Kossinskaja 1926

Valid publication: Kossinskaja EK. O novom rode sinezelenykh vodoroslej Tildenia mihi, otnesennom k novomu sem. Tildeniaceae mihi. Bot Mater. Inst. Sporov. Rast. Glavn. Bot. Sada RSFSR 1926; 4:76-88.

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

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Scytonematopsis Kiseleva 1930

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Scytonematopsis Kiseleva 1930	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family Tildeniaceae Kossinskaja 1926. Publication: Kossinskaja EK. O novom rode sinezelenykh vodoroslej Tildenia mihi, otnesennom k novomu sem. Tildeniaceae mihi. Bot Mater. Inst. Sporov. Rast. Glavn. Bot. Sada RSFSR 1926; 4:76-88.
  • 🧕 Komarek et al. (2014) assigned this genus to the family Homoeotrichaceae Elenkin 1949. Publication: Komárek J, Kaštovský J, Mareš J, Johansen JR. Taxonomic classification of cyanoprokaryotes (cyanobacterial genera) 2014, using a polyphasic approach. Preslia 2014; 86:295-335. 🇨🇿
  • 🧕 Kossinskaja (1926) assigned this genus to the family Tildeniaceae Kossinskaja 1926. Publication: Kossinskaja EK. O novom rode sinezelenykh vodoroslej Tildenia mihi, otnesennom k novomu sem. Tildeniaceae mihi. Bot Mater. Inst. Sporov. Rast. Glavn. Bot. Sada RSFSR 1926; 4:76-88.
  • 🚂 For the type species of this genus another name is in use, which is affiliated with the genus Scytonematopsis Kiseleva 1930. Publication: Copeland JJ. Yellowstone thermal Myxophyceae. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 1936; 36:1-232.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Tilderiia".
  • 💥 This name is a homonym of Tildenia Povolný, 1967 (zoological); Tildenia Miq. (botanical) [from Catalogue of Life].
  • 🧍 Later homonym of Tildenia Miquel 1842. According to Komarek and Golubic (1990) a later homonym. Publication: Komárek J, Golubić S. Guide to the Nomenclature and formal taxonomic treatment of oxyphototroph prokaryotes (Cyanoprokaryotes). Published by the Authors, Třeboň and Boston, 1990.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
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
    Tildenia dura (Harvey 1858) Poljansky 1936	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), illegitimate name	in need of a replacement
    Tildenia fuliginosa (Tilden 1909) Kossinskaja 1926	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), illegitimate name	synonym

Parent taxon: Scytonemataceae corrig. Frank 1886

Assigned by: Komárek J, Golubić S. Guide to the Nomenclature and formal taxonomic treatment of oxyphototroph prokaryotes (Cyanoprokaryotes). Published by the Authors, Třeboň and Boston, 1990.

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Record number: 6531