Name: Prochloron Lewin 1977

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Gr. neut. adj. chlôron; N.L. neut. n. Prochloron, primitive green (cell)

Gender: neuter (stem: Prochlor-)

Type species: Prochloron didemni (Lewin 1975) Lewin 1977

Valid publication: Lewin RA. Prochloron, type genus of the Prochlorophyta. Phycologia 1977; 16:217.

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

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Synechocystis Sauvageau 1892

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Prochloron (ex Lewin 1977) Florenzano et al. 1986	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name
    Synechocystis Sauvageau 1892	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family Prochloraceae Lewin 1977. Publication: Lewin RA. Prochloron, type genus of the Prochlorophyta. Phycologia 1977; 16:217.
  • 🧕 Boone et al. (2001) assigned this genus to the class "Cyanobacteria". Publication: Garrity GM, Holt JG. The Road Map to the Manual. In: Boone DR, Castenholz RW, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, second edition, vol. 1 (The Archaea and the deeply branching and phototrophic Bacteria), Springer-Verlag, New York, 2001, p. 119-166.
  • 🧕 Cavalier-Smith (1998) assigned this genus to the subphylum "Phycobacteria" Cavalier-Smith 1998. Publication: Cavalier-Smith T. A revised six-kingdom system of life. Biol Rev Camb Philos Soc 1998; 73:203-266.
  • 🧕 Florenzano et al. (1986) assigned this genus to the family Prochloraceae Lewin 1977. Publication: Florenzano G, Balloni W, Materassi R. Nomenclature of Prochloron didemni (Lewin 1977) sp. nov., nom. rev., Prochloron (Lewin 1976) gen. nov., nom. rev., Prochloraceae fam. nov., Prochlorales ord. nov., nom. rev. in the class Photobacteria Gibbons and Murray 1978. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1986; 36:351-353.
  • 🧕 Florenzano et al. (1986) assigned this genus to the order Prochlorales (ex Lewin 1977) Florenzano et al. 1986. Publication: Florenzano G, Balloni W, Materassi R. Nomenclature of Prochloron didemni (Lewin 1977) sp. nov., nom. rev., Prochloron (Lewin 1976) gen. nov., nom. rev., Prochloraceae fam. nov., Prochlorales ord. nov., nom. rev. in the class Photobacteria Gibbons and Murray 1978. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1986; 36:351-353.
  • 🧕 Hoffmann et al. (2005) assigned this genus to the family Prochloraceae Lewin 1977. Publication: Hoffmann L, Komárek J, Kaštovský J. System of cyanoprokaryotes (cyanobacteria) – state in 2004. Algol. Stud. 2005; 117:95-115.
  • 🧕 Komarek et al. (2014) assigned this genus to the family Prochloraceae Lewin 1977. Publication: Komárek J, Kaštovský J, Mareš J, Johansen JR. Taxonomic classification of cyanoprokaryotes (cyanobacterial genera) 2014, using a polyphasic approach. Preslia 2014; 86:295-335.
  • 🧕 Lewin (1977) assigned this genus to the family Prochloraceae Lewin 1977. Publication: Lewin RA. Prochloron, type genus of the Prochlorophyta. Phycologia 1977; 16:217.
  • 🚂 For the type species of this genus another name is in use, which is affiliated with the genus Synechocystis Sauvageau 1892. Publication: Lewin RA. A marine Synechocystis (Cyanophyta, Chroococcales) epizoic on ascidians. Phycologia 1975; 14:153-160.
  • ❗ Prochloron is the correct name instead if this genus is regarded as a separate genus (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another genus whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority).
  • 🧍 Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "POCL" for this genus name but this does not appear to be of practical relevance any longer. Publication: Pittman KF, Walczak CA, Lock CM. Codes and abbreviations for approved of effectively published names of genera of bacteria published from January 1980 to December 1990. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1991; 41:571-579.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 1
Total number of child taxa: 1

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Prochloron didemni (Lewin 1975) Lewin 1977	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym

Parent taxon: Microcystaceae Elenkin 1933

Assigned by: Strunecky O, Ivanova AP, Mares J. An updated classification of cyanobacterial orders and families based on phylogenomic and polyphasic analysis. J Phycol 2023; 59:12-51.

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