Name: Albertania Zammit 2018

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Al.ber.tan’i.a. N.L. fem. n. Albertania, after the Italian phycologist, colleague and friend Patrizia Albertano, who first isolated the Italian strains during the 1990s

Gender: feminine (stem: Albertani-)

Type species: Albertania skiophila Zammit 2018

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Zammit G. Systematics and biogeography of sciophilous cyanobacteria; an ecological and molecular description of Albertania skiophila (Leptolyngbyaceae) gen. & sp. nov. Phycologia 2018; 57:481-491.

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • Zammit (2018) assigned this genus to the family Leptolyngbyaceae Komárek et al. 2014. Publication: Zammit G. Systematics and biogeography of sciophilous cyanobacteria; an ecological and molecular description of Albertania skiophila (Leptolyngbyaceae) gen. & sp. nov. Phycologia 2018; 57:481-491.
  • The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: MCCC: 1.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 2
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 2
Total number of child taxa: 2

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Albertania alaskaensis Strunecky et al. 2020	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Albertania skiophila Zammit 2018	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name

Parent taxon: Oculatellaceae Mai and Johansen 2018

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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