Name: Cyanophanon Geitler 1955

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Cy.a.no.pha’non. N.L. neut. n. Cyanophanon

Gender, pronunciation: neuter (stem: Cyanophan-), ky-a-no-P^HA-non

Type species: Cyanophanon mirabile Geitler 1955

Valid publication: Geitler L. Lebensweise, Fortpflanzung und Wachstumsvorgänge bei Cyanophanon mirabile, n. gen., n. sp., einem merkwürdigen Blaualgen-ähnlichen Organismus. Österreichische Botanische Zeitschrift 1955; 102:235-272.

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family "Cyanophanaceae" Geitler 1955. Publication: Geitler L. Lebensweise, Fortpflanzung und Wachstumsvorgänge bei Cyanophanon mirabile, n. gen., n. sp., einem merkwürdigen Blaualgen-ähnlichen Organismus. Österr. Bot. Z. 1955; 102:235-272.
  • 🧕 Geitler (1955) assigned this genus to the family "Cyanophanaceae" Geitler 1955. Publication: Geitler L. Lebensweise, Fortpflanzung und Wachstumsvorgänge bei Cyanophanon mirabile, n. gen., n. sp., einem merkwürdigen Blaualgen-ähnlichen Organismus. Österreichische Botanische Zeitschrift 1955; 102:235-272.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Cganophanon".

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
    Cyanophanon minus Geitler 1966	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Cyanophanon mirabile Geitler 1955	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name

Parent taxon: Chamaesiphonaceae Borzì 1878

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: 6475