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Genus Cyanostylon
Name: Cyanostylon Geitler 1928
Etymology: Cy.a.no.sty’lon. Gr. masc. n. kyanos, a blue dye; L. masc. n. stilus, stake, style; N.L. neut. n. Cyanostylon, a blue style [incorrectly formed: should have been masculine: stylos]
Gender, pronunciation (Latin): neuter (stem: Cyanostyl-), ky-a-no-STY-lon
Type species: Cyanostylon microcystoides Geitler 1928
Valid publication: Geitler L. Neue Blaualgen aus Lunz. Archiv für Protistenkunde 1928; 60:440-448.
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 Entophysalidaceae Geitler 1925.
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 Chroococcaceae Rabenhorst 1863. 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: "Cyanortylon"; "Cyanoslylon"; "Cyanosrylon"; "Gyanostylon"; "Yanostylon".
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🧕 Hoffmann et al. (2005) assigned this genus to the family Entophysalidaceae Geitler 1925.
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: 6
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 9
Total number of child taxa: 15
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status Cyanostylon alpina Xiao and Sheng 2000 inaccurate spelling (ICN [Botanical Code]) misspelling Cyanostylon alpinum corrig. Xiao and Sheng 2000 validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) correct name Cyanostylon banyolense corrig. Margalef 1946 validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) synonym Cyanostylon banyolensis Margalef 1946 inaccurate spelling (ICN [Botanical Code]) misspelling Cyanostylon cylindrocellulare Geitler 1933 validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) synonym Cyanostylon gelatinosum corrig. Azevedo and Sant'Anna 1994 validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) correct name Cyanostylon gelatinosus Azevedo and Sant'Anna 1994 inaccurate spelling (ICN [Botanical Code]) misspelling Cyanostylon microcystoides Geitler 1928 validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) correct name Cyanostylon ovoideum Skuja 1964 validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) correct name Cyanostylon plancticum Hindák 1988 validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) correct name "Cyanostylon rupestris" (Jao 1944) Bourrelly 1970 not validly published synonym Cyanostylon sinense corrig. Chu 1952 validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) correct name Cyanostylon sinensis Chu 1952 inaccurate spelling (ICN [Botanical Code]) misspelling "Cyanostylon sinica" (Ley 1947) Bourrelly 1970 not validly published synonym Cyanostylon starmuehlneri Bourrelly 1984 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: 6433
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