Name: Drouetiella Mai et al. 2018

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Drou.e.ti.el’la. N.L. fem. dim. n. Drouetiella, named in honor of Francis Elliott Drouet, North American phycologist

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): feminine (stem: Drouetiell-), drou-e-ti-EL-la

Type species: Drouetiella lurida (Gomont 1892) Mai et al. 2018

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Mai T, Johansen JR, Pietrasiak N, Bohunická M, Martin MP. Revision of the Synechococcales (Cyanobacteria) through recognition of four families including Oculatellaceae fam. nov. and Trichocoleaceae fam. nov. and six new genera containing 14 species. Phytotaxa 2018; 365:1-59. 🇺🇸

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 Leptolyngbya Anagnostidis and Komárek 1988. Publication: Anagnostidis K, Komarek J. Modern approach to the classification system of cyanophytes - 3 - Oscillatoriales. Arch. Hydrobiol. Suppl. 1988; 80, 1-4:327-472.
  • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Lyngbya Agardh ex Gomont 1892. Publication: Compère P. Combinaisons nouvelles dans les Cyanophycées. Bull. Jard. Bot. Natl. Belgique 1985; 55:487-489.
  • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Phormidium Kützing ex Gomont 1892. Publication: Gomont M. Monographie des Oscillariées (Nostocacées Homocystées). Deuxième partie. - Lyngbyées. Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Botanique, Série 7 1892; 16:91-264.
  • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus "Lyngbya" Agardh 1824. Publication: Bourrelly P. Les algues d'eau douce. Initiation à la systématique. Tome III: Les Algues bleues et rouges. Les Eugléniens, Peridiniens et Cryptomonadines. Boubée & Cie, Paris, 1970.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Droutiella".
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: BRY: 3; KPABG: 2; NIBRCY: 1.
  • 🧍 Full authorship: Mai, Johansen and Pietrasiak 2018.

Subdivision:

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

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Drouetiella elegans Davydov and Vilnet 2025	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Drouetiella epilithica Kim et al. 2023	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Drouetiella fasciculata Mai et al. 2018	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Drouetiella hepatica Mai et al. 2018	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Drouetiella lurida (Gomont 1892) Mai et al. 2018	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Drouetiella ramosa Davydov et al. 2023	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name

Parent taxon: Oculatellaceae Mai and Johansen 2018

Assigned by: Mai T, Johansen JR, Pietrasiak N, Bohunická M, Martin MP. Revision of the Synechococcales (Cyanobacteria) through recognition of four families including Oculatellaceae fam. nov. and Trichocoleaceae fam. nov. and six new genera containing 14 species. Phytotaxa 2018; 365:1-59. 🇺🇸

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Record number: 6272