Name: Capsosira Kützing ex Bornet and Flahault 1886

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Cap.so.si’ra. N.L. fem. n. Capsosira

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): feminine (stem: Capsosir-), kap-so-SI-ra

Type species: Capsosira brebissonii Kützing ex Bornet and Flahault 1886

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Bornet É, Flahault C. Revision des Nostocacées hétérocystées contenues dans les principaux herbiers de France (Troisième fragment). Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Botanique, Septième série 1886; 5:51-129.

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family Capsosiraceae Geitler 1925. Publication: Geitler L. Cyanophyceae. In: Pascher A (eds), Die Süsswasser-Flora Deutschlands, Österreichs und der Schweiz, Gustav Fischer, Jena, 1925, p. 1-450.
  • 🧕 Hoffmann et al. (2005) assigned this genus to the family Stigonemataceae corrig. (Agardh ex Bornet and Flahault 1886) Borzì 1892. Publication: Hoffmann L, Komárek J, Kaštovský J. System of cyanoprokaryotes (cyanobacteria) – state in 2004. Algol. Stud. 2005; 117:95-115. 🇱🇺
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: BRY: 1; SP: 1.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 4
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 4
Total number of child taxa: 7

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Capsosira brasiliensis Sant'Anna and Silva 1988	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Capsosira brebissonii Kützing ex Bornet and Flahault 1886	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Capsosira lowei Casamatta et al. 2006	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Capsosira minutissima (Geitler 1933) Bourrelly 1984	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    "Capsosira nigra" (Frémy 1930) Bourrelly 1984	not validly published	synonym
    "Capsosira viride" (Frémy 1930) Bourrelly 1970	inaccurate spelling	misspelling
    "Capsosira viridis" corrig. (Frémy 1930) Bourrelly 1970	not validly published	synonym

Parent taxon: Capsosiraceae Geitler 1925

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: 6406