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Genus Cyanogastrum
Name: Cyanogastrum Schiller 1956
Etymology: Cy.a.no.gas’trum. N.L. neut. n. gastrum; N.L. neut. n. Cyanogastrum
Gender, pronunciation (Latin): neuter (stem: Cyanogastr-), ky-a-no-GAS-trum
Type species: Cyanogastrum variabile Schiller 1956
Valid publication: Schiller J. Die Mikroflora der Roten Tümpel auf den Koralleninseln Los Aves im karibischen Meer. In: Gessner F, Vareschi V (eds), Ergebnisse der deutschen limnologischen Venezuela-Expedition 1952. Bd 1, Deutscher Verlag der Wissenschaften, Berlin, 1956, p. 197-216.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
Correct name: Aphanothece Nägeli 1849
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Synonyms:
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Name Kind Aphanothece Nägeli 1849 heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), conserved name Coccochloris Sprengel 1827 heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), rejected name, later homonym Phylloderma Suringar 1872 heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) Coccochloris Sprengel 1807 heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), rejected name
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Notes:
- 🧕 Komarek and Golubic (1990) assigned this genus to the subfamily "Aphanothecoideae". Publication: Komarek J, Golubic S. Guide to the Nomenclature and formal taxonomic treatment of oxyphototroph prokaryotes (Cyanoprokaryotes). Unknown Publisher, Unknown City, 1990.
- 🧕 Komarek et al. (2014) assigned this genus to the family Aphanothecaceae (Komárek and Anagnostidis 1986) Komárek et al. 2014. Publication: Komárek J, Kaštovský J, Mareš J, Johansen JR. Taxonomic classification of cyanoprokaryotes (cyanobacterial genera) 2014, using a polyphasic approach. Preslia 2014; 86:295-335. 🇨🇿
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🚂 For the type species of this genus another name is in use, which is affiliated with the genus Aphanothece Nägeli 1849.
Publication:
Komárek J. Studies on the cyanophytes (cyanoprokaryotes) of Cuba 10. New and little known chroococcalean species. Folia Geobot. et Phytotax. 1995; 30:82.
- 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Cyanogastmm".
- ❗ Cyanogastrum is the correct name instead if this genus is regarded as a separate genus (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another genus whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority).
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 1
Total number of child taxa: 1
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status Cyanogastrum variabile Schiller 1956 validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) synonym
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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: 6528
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