Name: Geminocystis Korelusová et al. 2009

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Ge.mi.no.cys’tis. L. masc. adj. geminus, twin-born; Gr. fem. n. kystis, a bag; N.L. fem. n. Geminocystis, a twin-born bag

Gender, pronunciation: feminine (stem: Geminocyst-), ge-mi-no-KYS-tis

Type species: Geminocystis herdmanii Korelusová et al. 2009

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Korelusova J, Kas tovsky J, Komarek J. HETEROGENEITY OF THE CYANOBACTERIAL GENUS SYNECHOCYSTIS AND DESCRIPTION OF A NEW GENUS, GEMINOCYSTIS(1). J Phycol 2009; 45:928-937.

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family Geminocystaceae Tuji et al. 2021. Publication: Tuji A, Yamaguchi H, Kataoka T, Sato M, Sano T, Niiyama Y. Annamia dubia sp. nov. with a description of a new family, Geminocystaceae fam. nov. (Cyanobacteria). Fottea 2021; 21:100-109.
  • 🧕 Komarek et al. (2014) assigned this genus to the family Chroococcaceae Rabenhorst 1863. 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: "Geminocys".
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: CALU: 3; BRNM: 2; PCC: 2; ATCC: 2; CCAP: 1; CBFS: 1; UTEX: 1.
  • 🧍 Full authorship: Korelusová, Kaštovský and Komárek 2009.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 3
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 3
Total number of child taxa: 4

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Geminocystis herdmanii Korelusová et al. 2009	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Geminocystis papuanica Korelusová et al. 2009	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    "Geminocystis stanieri" (Rippka and Cohen-Bazire 1983) Walter et al. 2017	not validly published	synonym
    Geminocystis urbisnovae Polyakova et al. 2023	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name

Parent taxon: Geminocystaceae Tuji et al. 2021

Assigned by: Tuji A, Yamaguchi H, Kataoka T, Sato M, Sano T, Niiyama Y. Annamia dubia sp. nov. with a description of a new family, Geminocystaceae fam. nov. (Cyanobacteria). Fottea 2021; 21:100-109.

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