Name: Microseira McGregor and Sendall 2015

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: N.L. fem. n. Microseira, small string

Gender: feminine (stem: Microseir-)

Type species: Microseira wollei (Farlow ex Gomont 1892) McGregor and Sendall 2015

Valid publication: McGregor GB, Sendall BC. Phylogeny and toxicology of Lyngbya wollei (Cyanobacteria, Oscillatoriales) from north-eastern Australia, with a description of Microseira gen. nov. J Phycol 2015; 51:109-119.

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Hauerova et al. (2021) assigned this genus to the family Oscillatoriaceae Engler 1898. Publication: Hauerova R, Hauer T, Kastovsky J, Komarek J, Lepsova-Skacelova O, Mares J. Tenebriella gen. nov. - the dark twin of Oscillatoria. Mol Phylogenet Evol 2021; 0:107293.
  • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Lyngbya Agardh ex Gomont 1892. Publication: Speziale BJ, Dyck LA. Lyngbya infestations: comparative taxonomy of Lyngbya wollei comb. nov. (Cyanobacteria). Journal of Phycology 1992; 28:693-706.
  • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Plectonema Thuret ex Gomont 1892. Publication: Gomont M. Monographie des Oscillariées (Nostocacées Homocystées). Deuxième partie. - Lyngbyées. Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Botanique, Série 7 1892; 16:91-264.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Microsera"; "Microseria".
  • 🧍 Full authorship: McGregor and Sendall 2015.

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
    Microseira wollei (Farlow ex Gomont 1892) McGregor and Sendall 2015	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name

Parent taxon: Aerosakkonemataceae 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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