Name: Cyanoarbor Wang 1989

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Cy.a.no.ar’bor. Gr. masc. n. kyanos, a blue dye; L. fem. n. arbor, tree; N.L. fem. n. Cyanoarbor, blue tree

Gender, pronunciation: feminine (stem: Cyanoarbor-), ky-a-no-AR-bor

Type species: Cyanoarbor rupestris corrig. Wang 1989

Valid publication: Wang C-Z. Cyanoarbor, a new genus of the Entophysalidaceae (Cyanophyta). Acta Phytotaxonomica Sinica 1989; 27:129-131.

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Strunecky et al. (2023) assigned this genus to the family Chroococcaceae Rabenhorst 1863. 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.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Cyanarbor".
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: 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: 5

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Cyanoarbor gessneri (Schiller 1956) Branco 2006	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Cyanoarbor himalayensis Watanabe and Komárek 2006	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Cyanoarbor rupestre Wang 1989	inaccurate spelling (ICN [Botanical Code])	misspelling
    Cyanoarbor rupestris corrig. Wang 1989	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Cyanoarbor violascens Branco 2006	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name

Parent taxon: Entophysalidaceae Geitler 1925

Assigned by: Wang C-Z. Cyanoarbor, a new genus of the Entophysalidaceae (Cyanophyta). Acta Phytotaxonomica Sinica 1989; 27:129-131.

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Record number: 6468