Name: Kastovskya Mühlsteinová et al. 2014

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Kas.tovs’ky.a. N.L. fem. n. Kastovskya, Genus is named in honor of the important Czech algological scientist, mentor, and friend Jan Kaštovský.

Gender: feminine (stem: Kastovsky-)

Type species: Kastovskya adunca (Schwabe 1960) Mühlsteinová et al. 2014

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Mühlsteinová R, Johansen JR, Pietrasiak N, Martin MP. Polyphasic characterization of Kastovskya adunca gen. nov. et comb. nov. (Cyanobacteria: Oscillatoriales), from desert soils of the Atacama Desert, Chile. Phytotaxa 2014; 163:216-228.

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 Schizothrix Kützing ex Gomont 1892. Publication: Schwabe GH. Zur autotrophen Vegetation in ariden Böden. Blaualgen und Lebensraum IV. Österreichische Botanische Zeitschrift 1960; 107:281-309.
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: CCALA: 1.
  • 🧍 Full authorship: Mühlsteinová, Johansen and Pietrasiak.

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
    Kastovskya adunca (Schwabe 1960) Mühlsteinová et al. 2014	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name

Parent taxon: Coleofasciculaceae Komárek et al. 2014

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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