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Name: Cyanostylon Geitler 1928

Category, proposed as: genus, gen. nov.

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

  • Notes:
    • 🧕 Hoffmann et al. (2005) assigned this genus to the family Entophysalidaceae Geitler 1925. Publication: Hoffmann L, Komárek J, Kastovsky J. System of cyanoprokaryotes (cyanobacteria) - state in 2004. Algological Studies 2005; 117:95-115. 🇱🇺
    • 🧕 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".

Subdivision:

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

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