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Genus "Adonisia"
Name: "Adonisia" Walter et al. 2017
Etymology: A.don.i.sia. N.L. fem. n. Adonisia, Referring to Adonis, a divine figure in Greek mythology of oriental origin; -ousia, suffix meaning to be
Gender: feminine (stem: Adonisi-)
Type species: "Adonisia splendidus" Walter et al. 2017
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
Original publication:
Walter JM, Coutinho FH, Dutilh BE, Swings J, Thompson FL, Thompson CC. Ecogenomics and Taxonomy of Cyanobacteria Phylum. Front Microbiol 2017; 8:2132. 
Nomenclatural status: not validly published
Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)
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Notes:
- 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Adonis".
- 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: PCC: 1; CBAS: 1.
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 0
Total number of child taxa: 2
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status "Adonisia splendidus" Walter et al. 2017 not validly published preferred name "Adonisia turfae" Walter et al. 2020 not validly published preferred name
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Parent taxon: [Cyanophyceae, not assigned to family]
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Record number: 8948
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