Name: Cyanothrix primaria Gardner 1927

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: pri.ma’ri.a. L. fem. adj. primaria, distinguished

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: ky-A-no-t^hrix pri-MA-ri-a, feminine

Holotype: 830 b

Valid publication: Gardner NL. New Myxophyceae from Porto Rico. Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden 1927; 7:1-144.

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

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Johannesbaptistia pellucida (Dickie 1874) Taylor and Drouet 1938

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Hormospora pellucida Dickie 1874	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
    Cyanothrix gardneri f. primaria (Gardner 1927) Kisselew 1947	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), distinct rank
    Johannesbaptistia primaria (Gardner 1927) De Toni f. 1934	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
    Johannesbaptistia pellucida (Dickie 1874) Taylor and Drouet 1938	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Cyanothrix Gardner 1927. Publication: Gardner NL. New Myxophyceae from Porto Rico. Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden 1927; 7:1-144.
  • ⏲ According to Drouet and Daily (1956), this species is a later heterotypic synonym of Johannesbaptistia pellucida (Dickie 1874) Taylor and Drouet 1938. Publication: Drouet F, Daily WA. Revision of the coccoid Myxophyceae. Butler University Botanical Studies 1956; 12:1-218.
  • ⏲ According to Drouet and Daily (1956), this species is a later heterotypic synonym of Hormospora pellucida Dickie 1874. Publication: Drouet F, Daily WA. Revision of the coccoid Myxophyceae. Butler University Botanical Studies 1956; 12:1-218.
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Parent taxon: Cyanothrix Gardner 1927

Assigned by: Gardner NL. New Myxophyceae from Porto Rico. Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden 1927; 7:1-144.

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Record number: 18598