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Taxon: Genus Prochlorococcus Chisholm, Frankel, Goericke, Olson, Palenik, Waterbury, West–Johnsrud & Zettler (2020) (alga)
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Authorship

SN2000 author citation:  Chisholm et al., in Komárek et al., 2020, nom. bot. nov.
Original name, rank & spelling:  Komárek, J., Johansen, J.R., Šmarda, J. & Strunecký, O. 2020. Fottea 20 (2): 178 ("Chisholm, Frankel, Goericke, Olson, Palenik, Waterbury, West–Johnsrud et Zettler gen. nov.").
Description/Diagnosis in English:  op. cit.: 178 ("Description").

Attributes

Botanical name, by original use (: nom. bot. nov.) Ref: LPSN, 2020-present. LPSN: [15 Mar 2026].

Types

Type, by original designation, of: Prochlorococcaceae (Family) Komárek & Strunecký (2020) Ref: J. Komárek et al., 2020: 178. [new]

Variants

Not validly published name: Prochlorococcus (Genus) Chisholm, Frankel, Goericke, Olson, Palenik, Waterbury, West-Johnsrud & Zettler (1992), nom. inval. Ref: J. Komárek et al., 2020: 179. [new]
Name in subsequent code of nomenclature: Prochlorococcus (Genus) Chisholm et al. 2020 Ref: LPSN, 2020-present: [15 Mar 2026].
Name in preferred code of nomenclature: Prochlorococcus (Genus) Chisholm et al. 2020 Ref: LPSN, 2020-present: [15 Mar 2026].
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