Name: Caldora Engene et al. 2015

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Cal.do’ra. N.L. fem. n. Caldora, From the Latin word caldor, meaning “heat, warmth” referring to the pantropical distribution of the genus

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): feminine (stem: Caldor-), kal-DO-ra

Type species: Caldora penicillata (Gomont 1893) Engene et al. 2015

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Engene N, Tronholm A, Salvador-Reyes LA, Luesch H, Paul VJ. Caldora penicillata gen. nov., comb. nov. (cyanobacteria), a pantropical marine species with biomedical relevance. J Phycol 2015; 51:670-681. 🇺🇸

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Engene et al. (2015) assigned this genus to the order Oscillatoriales Schaffner 1922. Publication: Engene N, Tronholm A, Salvador-Reyes LA, Luesch H, Paul VJ. Caldora penicillata gen. nov., comb. nov. (cyanobacteria), a pantropical marine species with biomedical relevance. J Phycol 2015; 51:670-681. 🇺🇸
  • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Lyngbya Agardh ex Gomont 1892. Publication: Hoffmann L, Compère P. Nomenclatural notes in the Cyanophyceae. Taxon 1990; 39:308.
  • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Phormidium Kützing ex Gomont 1892. Publication: Gomont M. Sur quelques Phormidium à thalle rameux. Bulletin de la Société Botanique de France 1893; 40:86-90.

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
    Caldora penicillata (Gomont 1893) Engene et al. 2015	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name

Parent taxon: Coleofasciculaceae Komárek et al. 2014

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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