Name: Johannesbaptistia pellucida (Dickie 1874) Taylor and Drouet 1938

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Hormospora pellucida Dickie 1874

Etymology: pel.lu’ci.da. L. fem. adj. pellucida, transparent

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … pel-LU-ki-da, feminine

Holotype: 830 b

Valid publication: Drouet F. Notes on Myxophyceae. I - IV. Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 1938; 65:285-292.

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

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

• Notes:
  • ⏰ According to Drouet and Daily (1956), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Cyanothrix primaria Gardner 1927. 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 an earlier heterotypic synonym of Johannesbaptistia primaria (Gardner 1927) De Toni f. 1934. Publication: Drouet F, Daily WA. Revision of the coccoid Myxophyceae. Butler University Botanical Studies 1956; 12:1-218.
  • ✏ The authority of the taxon name (Taylor and Drouet) deliberately differs from the author of the publication (Drouet).
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Johannesbaptistia De Toni f. 1934

Assigned by: Drouet F. Notes on Myxophyceae. I - IV. Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 1938; 65:285-292.

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Record number: 6936