Name: Cyanomargarita Shalygin et al. 2017

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Cy.a.no.mar.ga.ri.ta. N.L. fem. n. Cyanomargarita, named for the pearl-like appearance of blue-green colonies growing on mosses; L. masc. adj. cyaneus, greenish-blue; L. fem. n. margarita, pearl

Gender: feminine (stem: Cyanomargarit-)

Type species: Cyanomargarita melechinii Shalygin et al. 2017

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Shalygin S, Shalygina R, Johansen JR, Pietrasiak N, Berrendero Gomez E, Bohunicka M, Mares J, Sheil CA. Cyanomargarita gen. nov. (Nostocales, Cyanobacteria): convergent evolution resulting in a cryptic genus. J Phycol 2017; 53:762-777.

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family Cyanomargaritaceae Shalygin et al. 2017. Publication: Shalygin S, Shalygina R, Johansen JR, Pietrasiak N, Berrendero Gomez E, Bohunicka M, Mares J, Sheil CA. Cyanomargarita gen. nov. (Nostocales, Cyanobacteria): convergent evolution resulting in a cryptic genus. J Phycol 2017; 53:762-777.
  • 🧕 Shalygin et al. (2017) assigned this genus to the family Cyanomargaritaceae Shalygin et al. 2017. Publication: Shalygin S, Shalygina R, Johansen JR, Pietrasiak N, Berrendero Gomez E, Bohunicka M, Mares J, Sheil CA. Cyanomargarita gen. nov. (Nostocales, Cyanobacteria): convergent evolution resulting in a cryptic genus. J Phycol 2017; 53:762-777.
  • 🧍 Full authorship: Shalygin, Shalygina and Johansen 2017.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 2
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 2
Total number of child taxa: 2

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Cyanomargarita calcarea Shalygin et al. 2017	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Cyanomargarita melechinii Shalygin et al. 2017	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name

Parent taxon: Aphanizomenaceae corrig. Elenkin 1938

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: 6300