Genus Albrightia
Name: Albrightia Copeland 1936
Etymology: Al.bright’i.a. N.L. fem. n. Albrightia, This genus has been nanied in honor of Horace M. Albright, until recently National Park Service Director, the one who in recent years has done possibly more than any other single man to preserve the Yellowstone in its natural state, and to whom all who visit the Park for study or Pleasure owe sincere gratitude.
Gender: feminine (stem: Albrighti-)
Type species: Albrightia tortuosa Copeland 1936
Valid publication:
Copeland JJ. Yellowstone thermal Myxophyceae. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 1936; 36:1-232. 
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
Taxonomic status: correct name
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Notes:
- This taxon name is occasionally misprinted in some sources as: "Albrighiza"; "Albrighritia"; "Albrightla".
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
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status Albrightia roraimae Kaštovský et al. 2011 validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) correct name Albrightia tortuosa Copeland 1936 validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) correct name
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Parent taxon: Hapalosiphonaceae Elenkin 1916
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: 6194
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