Name: Minunostoc Cai and Li 2019

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Mi.nu.nos’toc. N.L. neut. n. Minunostoc, The name of genus was chosen due to the small cylindrical cells.

Gender, pronunciation: neuter (stem: Minunostoc-), mi-nu-NOS-tok

Type species: Minunostoc cylindricum Cai and Li 2019

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Cai F, Li X, Geng R, Peng X, Li R. Phylogenetically distant clade of Nostoc-like taxa with the description of Minunostoc gen. nov. and Minunostoc cylindricum sp. nov. Fottea 2019; 19:13-24.

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Cai et al. (2019) assigned this genus to the family Nostocaceae Eichler 1886. Publication: Cai F, Li X, Geng R, Peng X, Li R. Phylogenetically distant clade of Nostoc-like taxa with the description of Minunostoc gen. nov. and Minunostoc cylindricum sp. nov. Fottea 2019; 19:13-24.
  • ✏ The authority of the taxon name (Cai and Li) deliberately differs from the authors of the publication (Cai et al.).

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
    Minunostoc cylindricum Cai and Li 2019	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name

Parent taxon: Nodulariaceae Elenkin 1916

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: 6421