Name: Amazonocrinis Alvarenga et al. 2021

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: A.ma.zo.no.cri’nis. Gr. fem. pl. n. Amazones, the Amazones; L. masc. n. crinis, lock of hair; N.L. masc. n. Amazonocrinis, an Amazonian lock of hair, referring to the Amazon rainforest, from where the type strain was isolated

Gender: masculine (stem: Amazonocrin-)

Type species: Amazonocrinis nigriterrae Alvarenga et al. 2021

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Alvarenga DO, Andreote APD, Branco LHZ, Delbaje E, Cruz RB, Varani AM, Fiore MF. Amazonocrinis nigriterrae gen. nov., sp. nov., Atlanticothrix silvestris gen. nov., sp. nov. and Dendronalium phyllosphericum gen. nov., sp. nov., nostocacean cyanobacteria from Brazilian environments. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:4811.

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 3
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 4
Total number of child taxa: 5

Parent taxon: Nodulariaceae 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: 19498
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