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Genus Cyanothamnos
Name: Cyanothamnos Cronberg 1991
Etymology: Cy.a.no.tham’nos. Gr. masc. n. kyanos, blue; Gr. masc./fem. n. thamnos, bush; N.L. masc. n. Cyanothamnos, with reference to the characteristic bush-like colonies
Gender, pronunciation: masculine (stem: Cyanothamn-), ky-a-no-THAM-nos
Type species: Cyanothamnos plancticus Cronberg 1991
Valid publication: Cronberg G. Cyanothamnos plancticus gen. et sp. nov., a new colonial cyanophyte from an eutrophic Scanian lake, Sweden. Algological Studies/Archiv für Hydrobiologie Supplement 1991; 64:61-70.
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.
- 🧕 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.
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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: 1
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 1
Total number of child taxa: 1
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status Cyanothamnos plancticus Cronberg 1991 validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) correct name
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Parent taxon: Cymatolegaceae Strunecký and Mareš 2023
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: 6474
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