Name: Amphiheterocytum Sant'Anna et al. 2019

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Am.phi.he.te.ro’cy.tum. Gr. prep. amphi, of two kinds; Gr. masc. adj. heteros, different; Gr. neut. n. kytos, cell; N.L. neut. n. Amphiheterocytum, with two different kinds of heterocytes

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): neuter (stem: Amphiheterocyt-), am-p^hi-he-te-RO-ky-tum

Type species: Amphiheterocytum lacustre Sant'Anna et al. 2019

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Sant'Anna CL, Gama WA, Rigonato J, Correa G, Mesquita MCB, Marinho MM. Phylogenetic connection among close genera of Aphanizomenonaceae (Cyanobacteria): Amphiheterocytum gen. nov., Cylindrospermopsis and Sphaerospermopsis. Algal Research 2019; 37:205-214. 🇧🇷

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Strunecky et al. (2023) assigned this genus to the family Aphanizomenonaceae Elenkin 1938. 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 BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: SP: 1.
  • 🧍 Full authorship: Sant'Anna et al. 2019.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 1
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 1
Total number of child taxa: 1

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Amphiheterocytum lacustre Sant'Anna et al. 2019	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name

Parent taxon: Aphanizomenaceae corrig. Elenkin 1938

Assigned by: Sant'Anna CL, Gama WA, Rigonato J, Correa G, Mesquita MCB, Marinho MM. Phylogenetic connection among close genera of Aphanizomenonaceae (Cyanobacteria): Amphiheterocytum gen. nov., Cylindrospermopsis and Sphaerospermopsis. Algal Research 2019; 37:205-214. 🇧🇷

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