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Genus Cyanogranis
Etymology: Cy.a.no.gra’nis. Gr. masc. n. kyanos, a blue dye; L. neut. n. granum, grain; N.L. fem. n. Cyanogranis, a blue grain [probably better: Cyanogranum]
Gender, pronunciation (Latin): feminine (stem: Cyanogran-), ky-a-no-GRA-nis
Type species: Cyanogranis basifixa Hindák 1982
Valid publication: Hindák F. On some planctic coccoid blue-green algae characteristic by Fe-precipitates. Algological Studies 1982; 32:241-258.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
Taxonomic status: correct name
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Notes:
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🧕 Hoffmann et al. (2005) assigned this genus to the family Synechococcaceae Komárek and Anagnostidis 1995.
Publication:
Hoffmann L, Komárek J, Kaštovský J. System of cyanoprokaryotes (cyanobacteria) – state in 2004. Algol. Stud. 2005; 117:95-115.
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- 🧕 Komarek et al. (2014) assigned this genus to the family Synechococcaceae Komárek and Anagnostidis 1995. 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. 🇨🇿
- 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Cpanogranis"; "Cyangranis"; "Iyanogranis".
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🧕 Hoffmann et al. (2005) assigned this genus to the family Synechococcaceae Komárek and Anagnostidis 1995.
Publication:
Hoffmann L, Komárek J, Kaštovský J. System of cyanoprokaryotes (cyanobacteria) – state in 2004. Algol. Stud. 2005; 117:95-115.
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 3
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 3
Total number of child taxa: 3
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status Cyanogranis basifixa Hindák 1982 validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) correct name Cyanogranis ferruginea (Wawrik 1963) Hindák 1982 validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) correct name Cyanogranis libera Hindák 2002 validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) correct name
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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: 6242
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