Name: Frankia Brunchorst 1886 (Approved Lists 1980)
Etymology: Frankāi.a. N.L. fem. n. Frankia, named after Albert Bernhard Frank (1839-1900), a Swiss plant biologist, who studied extensively nitrogen nutrition in legumes and the micro-organisms causing root nodulation from 1877 to 1892 and who coined the term "symbiosis"
Gender: feminine (stem: Franki-)
Type species: Frankia alni (Woronin 1866) Von Tubeuf 1895 (Approved Lists 1980)
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Effective publication: Brunchorst J. Über einige Wurzelanschwellungen, besonders diejenigen von Alnus und den Elaegnaceen. Untersuchungen aus dem botanischen Institut in Tübingen 1886; 2:151-177.
IJSEM list: Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
Name | Kind |
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Pseudofrankia Gtari 2023 | heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP |
Parafrankia Gtari 2023 | heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP |
Protofrankia Gtari 2023 | heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP |
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 17
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 17
Total number of child taxa: 24
Name | Nomenclatural status | Taxonomic status |
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Frankia alni (Woronin 1866) Von Tubeuf 1895 (Approved Lists 1980) | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
"Candidatus Frankia alpina" Pozzi et al. 2020 | not validly published | preferred name (not correct name) |
Frankia asymbiotica Nouioui et al. 2017 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
"Candidatus Frankia californiensis" Normand et al. 2017 | not validly published | preferred name (not correct name) |
Frankia canadensis Normand et al. 2018 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Frankia casuarinae Nouioui et al. 2016 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Frankia colletiae Nouioui et al. 2023 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Frankia coriariae Nouioui et al. 2017 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
"Candidatus Frankia datiscae" Persson et al. 2011 | not validly published | preferred name (not correct name) |
Frankia discariae Nouioui et al. 2017 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
"Frankia elaeagni" (ex Becking 1970) Lalonde et al. 1988 | not validly published | synonym (and no standing) |
Frankia elaeagni Nouioui et al. 2016 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Frankia gtarii Nouioui et al. 2023 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Frankia inefficax Nouioui et al. 2017 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Frankia irregularis Nouioui et al. 2018 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
"Candidatus Frankia meridionalis" Nguyen et al. 2019 | not validly published | preferred name (not correct name) |
Frankia nepalensis Nouioui et al. 2023 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
"Candidatus Frankia nodulisporulans" Herrera-Belaroussi et al. 2020 | not validly published | preferred name (not correct name) |
Frankia saprophytica Nouioui et al. 2018 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Frankia soli Gtari et al. 2020 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
"Frankia subtilis" Brunchorst 1886 | not validly published | synonym (and no standing) |
Frankia tisai Nouioui et al. 2023 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Frankia torreyi Nouioui et al. 2019 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Frankia umida Normand et al. 2023 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Parent taxon: Frankiaceae Becking 1970 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by: Becking JH. Frankiaceae fam. nov. (Actinomycetales) with one new combination and six new species of the genus Frankia Brunchorst 1886, 174. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 1970; 20:201-220.
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Record number: 515654