Name: Cyanocomperia Hindák 2001

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Cy.a.no.com.pe’ri.a. Gr. masc. n. kyanos, a blue dye; N.L. fem. n. Cyanocomperia, a cyanobacterium named in honor of Pierre Compère, Belgian phycologist

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): feminine (stem: Cyanocomperi-), ky-a-no-kom-PE-ri-a

Type species: Cyanocomperia africana Hindák 2001

Valid publication: Hindák F. Thermal microorganisms from a hot spring on the coast of Lake Bogoria, Kenya. Beihefte zur Nova Hedwigia 2001; 123:77-93. 🇸🇰

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

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

Parent taxon: Microcystaceae Elenkin 1933

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: 6477

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