Name: Xenotholos Gold-Morgan et al. 1994

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Gr. masc. n. xenos, foreign (ξενοζ); Gr. masc./fem. n. tholos, dome, cupola (ϑολοζ); N.L. fem. n. Xenotholos

Gender: feminine (stem: Xenothol-)

Type species: Xenotholos huastecanus Gold-Morgan et al. 1994

Valid publication: Gold-Morgan M, Montejano G, Komárek J. Freshwater epiphytic cyanoprokaryotes from central Mexico 2. Heterogeneity of the genus Xenococcus. Archiv für Protistenkunde 1994; 144:383-405.

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 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 2022; 0:0.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 5
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
    Xenotholos amplus Gold-Morgan et al. 1994	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Xenotholos caeruleus Gold-Morgan et al. 1994	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Xenotholos huastecanus Gold-Morgan et al. 1994	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Xenotholos kerneri (Hansgirg 1887) Gold-Morgan et al. 1994	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Xenotholos starmachii (Geitler 1932) Gold-Morgan et al. 1994	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name

Parent taxon: Xenococcaceae Ercegović 1932

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: 6435