Name: Dendronalium Alvarenga et al. 2021

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Den.dro.na’li.um. Gr. neut. n. dendron, tree; N.L. neut. n. Dendronalium, an organism found in trees, a reference to most of the strains having been isolated from tree samples

Gender, pronunciation: neuter (stem: Dendronali-), den-dro-NA-li-um

Type species: Dendronalium phyllosphericum Alvarenga et al. 2021

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Alvarenga DO, Andreote APD, Branco LHZ, Delbaje E, Cruz RB, Varani AM, Fiore MF. Amazonocrinis nigriterrae gen. nov., sp. nov., Atlanticothrix silvestris gen. nov., sp. nov. and Dendronalium phyllosphericum gen. nov., sp. nov., nostocacean cyanobacteria from Brazilian environments. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:4811.

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Alvarenga et al. (2021) assigned this genus to the family Nostocaceae Eichler 1886. Publication: Alvarenga DO, Andreote APD, Branco LHZ, Delbaje E, Cruz RB, Varani AM, Fiore MF. Amazonocrinis nigriterrae gen. nov., sp. nov., Atlanticothrix silvestris gen. nov., sp. nov. and Dendronalium phyllosphericum gen. nov., sp. nov., nostocacean cyanobacteria from Brazilian environments. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:4811.
  • 🧕 Strunecky et al. (2023) assigned this genus to the family Nostocaceae Eichler 1886. Publication: 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.
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: SP: 1.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 2
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 2
Total number of child taxa: 2

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Dendronalium phyllosphericum Alvarenga et al. 2021	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Dendronalium spirale Pal and Singh 2024	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name

Parent taxon: Nodulariaceae Elenkin 1916

Assigned by: Saraf A, Blondet E, Boullié A, Criscuolo A, Gugger M. Insight on the heterocyte patterning and the proheterocyte division in the toxic cyanobacterium Kaarinaea lacus gen. nov., sp. nov., and its genomic potential for natural products. Harmful Algae 2025; 142:102792.

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Record number: 19502