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Genus Amphiheterocytum
Name: Amphiheterocytum Sant'Anna et al. 2019
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: neuter (stem: Amphiheterocyt-), am-phi-he-te-ro-KY-tum
Type species: Amphiheterocytum lacustre Sant'Anna et al. 2019
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
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Notes:
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🧕 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.
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🧕 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.
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
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status Amphiheterocytum lacustre Sant'Anna et al. 2019 validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) correct name
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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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Record number: 6296
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