Order Chroococcales

Name: Chroococcales corrig. Ardissone 1886

Category: Order

Proposed as: ord. nov.

Etymology: Chro.o.coc.ca’les. N.L. fem. pl. n. Chroococcales, the Chroococcus order

Pronunciation, gender: khro-o-kok-KA-les, feminine

Type genus: Chroococcus Nägeli 1849

Valid publication: Ardissone F. Phycologia mediterranea. Parte IIa. Oosporee-Zoosporee-Schizosporee. Tipografia Maj e Malnati, Varese, 1886.

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 11
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 28
Total number of child taxa: 37

Parent taxon: Chroococcophyceae Hollerbach et al. 1953

Assigned by: Hollerbach MM, Kosinskaya EK, Polyansky VI. Sinezelenye vodorosli. In: Anonymous NN (eds), Opredelitel presnovodnykh vodoroslej SSSR, Sovetskaya Nauka, Moskva, 1953, p. 652.

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Record number: 53674
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