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Genus Vaginaria
Name: Vaginaria Gray ex Kuntze 1898
Etymology: Va.gi.na’ri.a. L. fem. n. vagina, vagina; N.L. fem. n. Vaginaria
Gender, pronunciation (Latin): feminine (stem: Vaginari-), wa-gi-NA-ri-a
Type species: Vaginaria vulgaris Gray ex Kuntze 1898
Valid publication: Kuntze O. Revisio generum plantarum: vascularium omnium atque cellularium multarum secundum leges nomenclaturae internationales cum enumeratione plantarum exoticarum 3(2). A. Felix, Leipzig, 1898.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
Taxonomic status: correct name
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Synonyms:
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Name Kind "Vaginaria" Bonnemaison 1822 homotypic synonym, not validly published "Vaginaria" Gray 1821 homotypic synonym, not validly published
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Notes:
- 🧕 Komarek and Golubic (1990) assigned this genus to the subfamily "Microcoleoideae". Publication: Komarek J, Golubic S. Guide to the Nomenclature and formal taxonomic treatment of oxyphototroph prokaryotes (Cyanoprokaryotes). Unknown Publisher, Unknown City, 1990.
- 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus "Vaginaria" Gray 1821. Publication: Gray SF. A natural arrangement of British plants. Baldwin, Cradock, Joy & Paternoster-Row, London, 1821.
- 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Faginaria"; "Vaginarfa"; "Vaginarta"; "Vaginatia"; "Vaginnria"; "Vagioaria"; "Yaginaria".
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 1
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 1
Total number of child taxa: 1
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status Vaginaria vulgaris Gray ex Kuntze 1898 validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) correct name
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Parent taxon: Microcoleaceae (Hansgirg 1892) Strunecký et al. 2013
Assigned by:
Parte AC, Sarda Carbasse J, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Reimer LC, Goker M. List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) moves to the DSMZ. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:5607-5612. 
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Record number: 17919
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