Name: Godleya Novis and Visnovsky 2011

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: God’ley.a. N.L. fem. n. Godleya, Named after the illustrious New Zealand botanist Dr Eric Godley.

Gender: feminine (stem: Godley-)

Type species: Godleya alpina Novis and Visnovsky 2011

Valid publication: Novis PM, Visnovsky G. Novel alpine algae from New Zealand: Cyanobacteria. Phytotaxa 2011; 22:1-24.

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family Godleyaceae Hauer et al. 2014. Publication: Hauer T, Bohunicka M, Johansen JR, Mares J, Berrendero-Gomez E. Reassessment of the cyanobacterial family Microchaetaceae and establishment of new families Tolypothrichaceae and Godleyaceae. J Phycol 2014; 50:1089-1100.
  • 🧕 Strunecky et al. (2023) assigned this genus to the family Tolypotrichaceae corrig. Hauer et al. 2014. Publication: 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.

Subdivision:

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

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Godleya alpina Novis and Visnovsky 2011	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name

Parent taxon: Godleyaceae Hauer et al. 2014

Assigned by: Hauer T, Bohunicka M, Johansen JR, Mares J, Berrendero-Gomez E. Reassessment of the cyanobacterial family Microchaetaceae and establishment of new families Tolypothrichaceae and Godleyaceae. J Phycol 2014; 50:1089-1100.

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Record number: 6286