Name: Macrochaete Berrendero Gómez et al. 2016

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Ma.cro.chae’te. N.L. fem. n. Macrochaete, "macro" from Greek "large" and "chaete" meaning hair, referring to the elongated colorless hair

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): feminine (stem: Macrochaet-), ma-kro-K^HA͡E-te

Type species: Macrochaete psychrophila Berrendero Gómez et al. 2016

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Berrendero Gomez E, Johansen JR, Kastovsky J, Bohunicka M, Capkova K. Macrochaete gen. nov. (Nostocales, Cyanobacteria), a taxon morphologically and molecularly distinct from Calothrix. J Phycol 2016; 52:638-655. 🇨🇿

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Strunecky et al. (2023) assigned this genus to the family Rivulariaceae Rabenhorst ex Bornet and Flahault 1886. 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. 🇨🇿
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: CBFS: 3; SAG: 1; CCALA: 1.
  • 🧍 Full authorship: Berrendero, Johansen and Kastovsky.

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: 3

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Macrochaete lichenoides Berrendero Gómez et al. 2016	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Macrochaete psychrophila Berrendero Gómez et al. 2016	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Macrochaete santannae Berrendero Gómez et al. 2016	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name

Parent taxon: Calotrichaceae corrig. Cooke 1890

Assigned by: Saraf A, Suradkar A, Dawda HG, Gaysina LA, Gabidullin Y, Kumat A, Behere I, Kotulkar M, Batule P, Singh P. Phylogenetic complexities of the members of Rivulariaceae with the re-creation of the family Calotrichaceae and description of Dulcicalothrix necridiiformans gen nov., sp nov., and reclassification of Calothrix desertica. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2019; 366:1-10. 🇮🇳

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Record number: 6322