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Genus Dzensia
Etymology: Dzen’si.a. N.L. fem. n. Dzensia, referring to Dzens-Litovskij
Gender, pronunciation (Latin): feminine (stem: Dzensi-), DZEN-si-a
Type species: Dzensia salina Woronichin 1929
Valid publication: Woronichin NN, Chachina AG. Zur Biologie der Salzseen in der Kulunda-Steppe. Izvestiya Glavnogo Botanicheskogo Sada SSSR 1929; 28:149-162.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
Taxonomic status: correct name
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Notes:
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🧕 Hoffmann et al. (2005) assigned this genus to the family Entophysalidaceae Geitler 1925.
Publication:
Hoffmann L, Komárek J, Kaštovský J. System of cyanoprokaryotes (cyanobacteria) – state in 2004. Algol. Stud. 2005; 117:95-115.
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- 🧕 Komarek et al. (2014) assigned this genus to the family Aphanothecaceae (Komárek and Anagnostidis 1986) 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. 🇨🇿
- 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Dzcnsia".
- ✏ The authority of the taxon name (Woronichin) deliberately differs from the authors of the publication (Woronichin and Chachina).
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🧕 Hoffmann et al. (2005) assigned this genus to the family Entophysalidaceae Geitler 1925.
Publication:
Hoffmann L, Komárek J, Kaštovský J. System of cyanoprokaryotes (cyanobacteria) – state in 2004. Algol. Stud. 2005; 117:95-115.
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 1
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 1
Total number of child taxa: 1
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status Dzensia salina Woronichin 1929 validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) correct name
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Parent taxon: Microcystaceae Elenkin 1933
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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Record number: 6481
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