Name: Desmonostoc Hrouzek and Ventura 2013

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Des.mo.nos’toc. Gr. masc. n. desmos, rope; N.L. neut. n. Nostoc, a cyanobacterial genus; N.L. neut. n. Desmonostoc, rope-like Nostoc

Gender, pronunciation: neuter (stem: Desmonostoc-), des-mo-NOS-tok

Type species: Desmonostoc muscorum (Agardh ex Bornet and Flahault 1886) Hrouzek and Ventura 2013

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Hrouzek P, Lukesova A, Mares J, Ventura S. Description of the cyanobacterial genus Desmonostoc gen. nov. including D. muscorum comb. nov. as a distinct, phylogenetically coherent taxon related to the genus Nostoc. Fottea 2013; 13:201-213.

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Nostoc Vaucher ex Bornet and Flahault 1886. Publication: Bornet É, Flahault C. Revision des Nostocacées hétérocystées contenues dans les principaux herbiers de France (quatrième et dernier fragment). Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Botanique, Septième Série 1886; 7:177-262.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Demoostoc".
  • 💁 Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Kumar et al. (2024). 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 authority of the taxon name (Hrouzek and Ventura) deliberately differs from the authors of the publication (Hrouzek et al.).
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: MCC: 2; BISH: 1; CCC: 1; NIVA-CYA: 1.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 12
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 12
Total number of child taxa: 16

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Desmonostoc alborizicum Nowruzi et al. 2022	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Desmonostoc caucasicum Maltseva et al. 2022	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    "Desmonostoc danxiaense" Cai and Li 2018	not validly published	preferred name
    Desmonostoc debaoense Pecundo et al. 2023	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    "Desmonostoc entophytum" Hrouzek et al. 2013	not validly published	preferred name
    "Desmonostoc geniculatum" Miscoe et al. 2016	not validly published	preferred name
    "Desmonostoc linckia" Hrouzek et al. 2013	not validly published	preferred name
    Desmonostoc magnisporum Saraf et al. 2018	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Desmonostoc meilinense Pecundo et al. 2023	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Desmonostoc muscorum (Agardh ex Bornet and Flahault 1886) Hrouzek and Ventura 2013	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Desmonostoc persicum Kabirnataj et al. 2020	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Desmonostoc punense (Singh 2016) Saraf et al. 2018	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Desmonostoc raii Kumar et al. 2024	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Desmonostoc salinum de Alvarenga et al. 2018	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Desmonostoc vinosum Miscoe and Johansen 2016	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Desmonostoc xianhuense Pecundo et al. 2023	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name

Parent taxon: Nostocaceae Eichler 1886

Assigned by: de Alvarenga LV, Vaz MGMV, Genuario DB, Esteves-Ferreira AA, Almeida AVM, de Castro NV, Lizieri C, Souza JJLL, Schaefer CEGR, Nunes-Nesi A, et al. Extending the ecological distribution of Desmonostoc genus: proposal of Desmonostoc salinum sp. nov., a novel Cyanobacteria from a saline-alkaline lake. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:2770-2782.

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