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Genus Tryponema
Name: Tryponema Ercegović 1929
Etymology: Try.po.ne’ma. Gr. neut. n. nêma, a thread; N.L. neut. n. Tryponema
Gender, pronunciation: neuter (stem: Tryponemat-), try-po-NE-ma
Type species: Tryponema endolithicum Ercegović 1929
Valid publication: Ercegović A. Sur quelques nouveaux types des Cyanophycées lithophytes de la cote adriatique. Archiv für Protistenkunde 1929; 66:164-174.
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 Entophysalidaceae Geitler 1925.
Publication:
Hoffmann L, Komárek J, Kaštovský J. System of cyanoprokaryotes (cyanobacteria) – state in 2004. Algol. Stud. 2005; 117:95-115.
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🧕 Strunecky et al. (2023) assigned this genus to the family Pleurocapsaceae Geitler 1925.
Publication:
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.
- 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Fryponema".
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🧕 Hoffmann et al. (2005) assigned this genus to the family Entophysalidaceae Geitler 1925.
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: 2
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 2
Total number of child taxa: 2
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status Tryponema endolithicum Ercegović 1929 validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) correct name Tryponema indicum Thomas and Gonzalves 1965 validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) correct name
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Parent taxon: Hydrococcaceae Kützing 1843
Assigned by: Komárek J, Kaštovský J, Mareš J, Johansen JR. Taxonomic classification of cyanoprokaryotes (cyanobacterial genera) 2014, using a polyphasic approach. Preslia 2014; 86:295-335.
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Record number: 6218
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