Genus Cyanothece

Name: Cyanothece Komárek 1976

Category, proposed as: genus, gen. nov.

Etymology: Cy.a.no.the’ce. Gr. masc. n. kyanos, a blue dye; Gr. fem. n. thêkê, box, chest; N.L. fem. n. Cyanothece, a blue box

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): feminine (stem: Cyanothec-), ky-a-no-T^HE-ke

Type species: Cyanothece aeruginosa (Nägeli 1849) Komárek 1976

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Komárek J. Taxonomic review of the genera Synechocystis Sauv. 1892, Synechococcus Näg. 1849, and Cyanothece gen. nov (Cyanophyceae). Archiv für Protistenkunde 1976; 118:119-179.

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family Cyanothecaceae Komárek et al. 2014. 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. 🇨🇿
  • 🧕 Boone et al. (2001) assigned this genus to the class "Cyanobacteria". Publication: Garrity GM, Holt JG. The Road Map to the Manual. In: Boone DR, Castenholz RW, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, second edition, vol. 1 (The Archaea and the deeply branching and phototrophic Bacteria), Springer-Verlag, New York, 2001, p. 119-166. 🇺🇸
  • 🧕 Hoffmann et al. (2005) assigned this genus to the family "Cyanobacteriaceae". Publication: Hoffmann L, Komárek J, Kastovsky J. System of cyanoprokaryotes (cyanobacteria) - state in 2004. Algological Studies 2005; 117:95-115. 🇱🇺
  • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Synechococcus Nägeli 1849. Publication: Nägeli C. Gattungen einzelliger Algen, physiologisch und systematisch bearbeitet. Neue Denkschriften der Allg. Schweizerischen Gesellschaft für die Gesammten Naturwissenschaften 1849; 10:1-139.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Cganothece"; "Cyanathece"; "Cyancthece"; "Cyanolhtce"; "Cyanorhece"; "Cyarzothece"; "Cydnothece"; "Oyanothece".
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: NIVA-CYA: 1; CBFS: 1.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 10
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 14
Total number of child taxa: 15

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Cyanothece aeruginosa (Nägeli 1849) Komárek 1976	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Cyanothece amethystina (Copeland 1936) Komárek 1976	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Cyanothece cedrorum (Sauvageau 1892) Komárek 1976	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Cyanothece crassiuscula (Skuja 1956) Komárek and Anagnostidis 1995	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Cyanothece diachloros (Skuja 1939) Komárek 1976	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Cyanothece eximia (Copeland 1936) Komárek 1976	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Cyanothece gaarderi (Ålvik 1934) Komárek 1976	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Cyanothece halobia Roussomoustakaki and Anagnostidis 1991	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Cyanothece maior (Schröter 1884) Komárek 1976	inaccurate spelling (ICN [Botanical Code])	misspelling
    Cyanothece major corrig. (Schröter 1884) Komárek 1976	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Cyanothece minervae (Copeland 1936) Komárek 1976	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Cyanothece notata (Skuja 1964) Komárek 1976	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Cyanothece rosea (Copeland 1936) Komárek 1976	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Cyanothece shiloi (Campbell and Golubić 1985) Komárek and Anagnostidis 1995	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Cyanothece svehlovae Mareš et al. 2019	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name

Parent taxon: Cyanothecaceae Komárek et al. 2014

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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