Name: Desikacharya Saraf et al. 2019

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: De.si.ka.cha’ry.a. N.L. fem. n. Desikacharya, a genus named in honour of T. V. Desikachary, a great and well known cyanobacterial taxonomist from India

Gender: feminine (stem: Desikachary-)

Type species: Desikacharya nostocoides Saraf et al. 2019

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Saraf AG, Dawda HG, Singh P. Desikacharya gen. nov., a phylogenetically distinct genus of Cyanobacteria along with the description of two new species, Desikacharya nostocoides sp. nov. and Desikacharya soli sp. nov., and reclassification of Nostoc thermotolerans to Desikacharya thermotolerans comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:307-315.

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Saraf et al. (2019) assigned this genus to the family Nostocaceae Eichler 1886. Publication: Saraf AG, Dawda HG, Singh P. Desikacharya gen. nov., a phylogenetically distinct genus of Cyanobacteria along with the description of two new species, Desikacharya nostocoides sp. nov. and Desikacharya soli sp. nov., and reclassification of Nostoc thermotolerans to Desikacharya thermotolerans comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:307-315.
  • 💁 Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Pal et al. (2022). Editors in search of reviewers are advised to consider additional criteria such as whether a taxon is covered by one of the ICSP subcommittees.
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: MCC: 1.
  • 🧍 Full authorship: Saraf, Dawda and P. Singh 2019. Publication: Parte AC. LPSN--list of prokaryotic names with standing in nomenclature. Nucleic Acids Res 2014; 42:D613-D616.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 4
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 4
Total number of child taxa: 6

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Desikacharya azollae" (Strasburger 1884) Saraf et al. 2019	not validly published	synonym (and no standing)
    Desikacharya kailashaharensis Pal and Singh 2022	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Desikacharya nostocoides Saraf et al. 2019	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    "Desikacharya piscinale" (Kützing ex Bornet and Flahault 1886) Saraf et al. 2019	not validly published	synonym (and no standing)
    Desikacharya soli Saraf et al. 2019	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Desikacharya thermotolerans (Suradkar et al. 2017) Saraf et al. 2019	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name

Parent taxon: Nodulariaceae Elenkin 1916

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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