Name: "Phytomonas poinsettiae" Starr and Pirone 1942

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Gender: feminine

Nomenclatural type: ATCC 9682; CFBP 2403; CIP 107084; DSM 20149; ICMP 2566; LMG 3715; NCPPB 854

16S rRNA gene: AM410687 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Starr MP, Pirone PP. Phytomonas poinsettiae n. sp., the cause of a bacterial disease of Poinsettia. Phytopathology 1942; 32:1076-1081.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Curtobacterium flaccumfaciens (Hedges 1922) Collins and Jones 1984

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Curtobacterium poinsettiae" (Starr and Pirone 1942) Osdaghi et al. 2024	homotypic synonym, not validly published
    Corynebacterium betae Keyworth et al. 1956 (Approved Lists 1980)	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Curtobacterium flaccumfaciens (Hedges 1922) Collins and Jones 1984	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Corynebacterium flaccumfaciens subsp. betae (Keyworth et al. 1956) Carlson and Vidaver 1982	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, distinct rank
    "Bacterium flaccumfaciens" Hedges 1922	heterotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists
    Corynebacterium flaccumfaciens (Hedges 1922) Dowson 1942 (Approved Lists 1980)	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Corynebacterium flaccumfaciens subsp. oortii (Saaltink and Maas Geesteranus 1969) Carlson and Vidaver 1982	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, distinct rank
    Corynebacterium flaccumfaciens subsp. poinsettiae (Starr and Pirone 1942) Carlson and Vidaver 1982	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, distinct rank
    Corynebacterium poinsettiae (Starr and Pirone 1942) Burkholder 1948 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Corynebacterium oortii Saaltink and Maas Geesteranus 1969 (Approved Lists 1980)	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ⏲ According to Collins and Jones (1983), this species is a later heterotypic synonym of "Bacterium flaccumfaciens" Hedges 1922. Publication: Collins MD, Jones D. Reclassification of Corynebacterium flaccumfaciens, Corynebacterium betae, Corynebacterium oortii and Corynebacterium poinsettiae in the genus Curtobacterium, as Curtobacterium flaccumfaciens comb. nov. J. Gen. Microbiol. 1983; 129:3545-3548.
  • ⏲ According to Collins and Jones (1983), this species is a later heterotypic synonym of Corynebacterium flaccumfaciens (Hedges 1922) Dowson 1942 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Collins MD, Jones D. Reclassification of Corynebacterium flaccumfaciens, Corynebacterium betae, Corynebacterium oortii and Corynebacterium poinsettiae in the genus Curtobacterium, as Curtobacterium flaccumfaciens comb. nov. J. Gen. Microbiol. 1983; 129:3545-3548.
  • ⏲ According to Collins and Jones (1983), this species is a later heterotypic synonym of Curtobacterium flaccumfaciens (Hedges 1922) Collins and Jones 1984. Publication: Collins MD, Jones D. Reclassification of Corynebacterium flaccumfaciens, Corynebacterium betae, Corynebacterium oortii and Corynebacterium poinsettiae in the genus Curtobacterium, as Curtobacterium flaccumfaciens comb. nov. J. Gen. Microbiol. 1983; 129:3545-3548.

Parent taxon: "Phytomonas" Bergey et al. 1923

Assigned by: Starr MP, Pirone PP. Phytomonas poinsettiae n. sp., the cause of a bacterial disease of Poinsettia. Phytopathology 1942; 32:1076-1081.

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Record number: 3911