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Genus Brasilonema
Name: Brasilonema Fiore et al. 2007
Etymology: Bra.si.lo.ne’ma. Gr. neut. n. nêma, a thread; N.L. neut. n. Brasilonema
Gender, pronunciation: neuter (stem: Brasilonemat-), bra-si-lo-NE-ma
Type species: Brasilonema bromeliae Fiore et al. 2007
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
Valid publication:
Fiore MF, Sant'Anna CL, Azevedo MTP, Komárek J, Kaštovský J, Sulek J, Lorenzi AS. The cyanobacterial genus Brasilonema, gen. nov., a molecular and phenotypic evaluation. Journal of Phycology 2007; 43:789-798. 
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
Taxonomic status: correct name
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Notes:
- 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Brasflanema"; "Brasilmzema"; "Brasilonemais"; "Brastionema".
- 💁 Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Villanueva et al. (2019). Editors in search of reviewers are advised to consider additional criteria such as whether a taxon is covered by one of the ICSP subcommittees.
- 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: BRNM: 3; BISH: 2; SP: 1; OLM: 1; UPOC: 1.
- 🧍 Full authorship: Fiore, Sant'Anna, Azevedo, Komárek, Kaštovský, Sulek and Lorenzi 2007.
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 10
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 10
Total number of child taxa: 14
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status Brasilonema angustatum Vaccarino and Johansen 2012 validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) correct name Brasilonema bromeliae Fiore et al. 2007 validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) correct name "Brasilonema burkei" Miscoe et al. 2016 not validly published preferred name Brasilonema epidendron Sant'Anna and Komárek 2011 validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) correct name Brasilonema geniculatum Villanueva and Casamatta 2019 validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) correct name Brasilonema lichenoides Villanueva et al. 2018 validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) correct name Brasilonema octagenarum Aguiar et al. 2008 validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) correct name Brasilonema ornatum Sant'Anna and Komárek 2011 validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) correct name Brasilonema robertilamii (Bourrelly 1952) Sant'Anna and Komárek 2011 validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) correct name Brasilonema sennae (Komárek 2003) Sant'Anna and Komárek 2011 validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) correct name "Brasilonema sennae" Aguiar et al. 2008 not validly published synonym Brasilonema terrestre Sant'Anna and Komárek 2011 validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) correct name "Brasilonema tolantongense" corrig. Becerra-Absalón and Montejano 2013 not validly published preferred name "Brasilonema tolantongensis" Becerra-Absalón and Montejano 2013 inaccurate spelling misspelling
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Parent taxon: Scytonemataceae corrig. Frank 1886
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: 6219
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