Name: Wilmottiaceae Strunecký and Mareš 2023

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov.

Etymology: N.L. fem. pl. n. Wilmottiaceae, the Wilmottia family

Gender: feminine

Type genus: Wilmottia Strunecky et al. 2011

Valid 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.

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • Strunecky et al. (2023) assigned the genus Potamolinea Martins and Branco 2016 to this family. 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.
  • The type genus of this family has alternatively been placed in the family Coleofasciculaceae Komárek et al. 2014. 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.
  • The authority of the taxon name (Strunecký and Mareš) deliberately differs from the authors of the publication (Strunecky et al.).
  • The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: CCALA: 1.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 5
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 5
Total number of child taxa: 5

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Anagnostidinema Strunecký et al. 2017	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Gracilinea Machado-de-Lima and Branco 2020	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Pycnacronema Martins and Branco 2019	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Ramsaria Heidari and Hauer 2018	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Wilmottia Strunecky et al. 2011	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name

Parent taxon: Coleofasciculales Strunecký and Mareš 2023

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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Record number: 37838