Name: Cyanomargaritaceae Shalygin et al. 2017

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov.

Etymology: N.L. fem. pl. n. Cyanomargaritaceae, Named for the single genus in the family, Cyanomargarita.

Gender: feminine

Type genus: Cyanomargarita Shalygin et al. 2017

Valid publication: Shalygin S, Shalygina R, Johansen JR, Pietrasiak N, Berrendero Gomez E, Bohunicka M, Mares J, Sheil CA. Cyanomargarita gen. nov. (Nostocales, Cyanobacteria): convergent evolution resulting in a cryptic genus. J Phycol 2017; 53:762-777.

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • The type genus of this family has alternatively been placed in the family "Aphanizomenonaceae". Publication: 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.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 1
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
    Cyanomargarita Shalygin et al. 2017	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name

Parent taxon: Nostocales Borzì 1914

Assigned by: Shalygin S, Shalygina R, Johansen JR, Pietrasiak N, Berrendero Gomez E, Bohunicka M, Mares J, Sheil CA. Cyanomargarita gen. nov. (Nostocales, Cyanobacteria): convergent evolution resulting in a cryptic genus. J Phycol 2017; 53:762-777.

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Record number: 29277