Name: Konicacronema Machado-de-Lima and Branco 2020

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Ko.ni.ca.cro.ne’ma. Gr. masc. adj. kônikos, conical; Gr. masc. adj. akros, tip; Gr. neut. n. nêma, thread; N.L. neut. n. Konicacronema, filament with conical apical cell

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): neuter (stem: Konicacronemat-), ko-ni-ka-kro-NE-ma

Type species: Konicacronema caatingense corrig. Machado-de-Lima and Branco 2020

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Machado de Lima NM, Branco LHZ. Biological soil crusts: new genera and species of Cyanobacteria from Brazilian semi-arid regions. Phytotaxa 2020; 470:263-281. 🇧🇷

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family Konicacronemataceae Strunecký and Mareš 2023. 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. 🇨🇿
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Koniacronema".

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: 2

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Konicacronema caatingense corrig. Machado-de-Lima and Branco 2020	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Konicacronema caatingensis Machado-de-Lima and Branco 2020	inaccurate spelling (ICN [Botanical Code])	misspelling

Parent taxon: Konicacronemataceae Strunecký and Mareš 2023

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: 37671