Species Cyanocystis xenococcoides

Name: Cyanocystis xenococcoides (Geitler 1933) Compère 1985

Category, proposed as: species, comb. nov.

Basonym: Dermocarpa xenococcoides Geitler 1933

Etymology: xe.no.coc.co.i’des. N.L. masc. n. Xenococcus, a cyanobacterial genus; L. adj. suff. -oides, resembling, similar; from Gr. neut. adj. suff. -eides, resembling, similar; from Gr. neut. n. eîdos, that which is seen, form, shape, figure; N.L. fem. adj. xenococcoides, resembling Xenococcus

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: ky-a-no-KYS-tis xe-no-kok-ko-I-des, feminine

Valid publication: Compère P. Combinaisons nouvelles dans les Cyanophycées. Bull. Jard. Bot. Natl. Belgique 1985; 55:487-489.

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

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Chamaecalyx xenococcoides (Geitler 1933) Komárek and Anagnostidis 1986

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Dermocarpa xenococcoides Geitler 1933	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
    Chamaecalyx xenococcoides (Geitler 1933) Komárek and Anagnostidis 1986	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)

• Notes:
  • ❗ Cyanocystis xenococcoides is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Cyanocystis.
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Parent taxon: Cyanocystis Borzì 1882

Assigned by: Compère P. Combinaisons nouvelles dans les Cyanophycées. Bull. Jard. Bot. Natl. Belgique 1985; 55:487-489.

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Record number: 41946