Name: Cyanothamnos Cronberg 1991

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

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 (Latin): masculine (stem: Cyanothamn-), ky-a-no-T^HAM-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

• Notes:
  • 🧕 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. 🇨🇿

Subdivision:

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

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Cyanothamnos plancticus Cronberg 1991	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name

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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