Name: Moorena Engene and Tronholm 2019

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: N.L. fem. n. Moorena, in memory of the eminent natural products chemist Professor Richard E. Moore (1933- 2007), the name is feminine and is formed entirely in accordance with Art. 20.1 (Shenzhen Code; Turland et al. 2018) by addition of the arbitrary suffix “-na”

Gender: feminine (stem: Mooren-)

Type species: Moorena producens Engene and Tronholm 2019

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Tronholm A, Engene N. Moorena gen. nov., a valid name for "Moorea Engene & al." nom. inval. (Oscillatoriaceae, Cyanobacteria). Notulae Algarum 2019; 122:1-2.

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Moorea" Engene et al. 2012	homotypic synonym, not validly published

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Tronholm and Engene (2019) assigned this genus to the family Oscillatoriaceae Engler 1898. Publication: Tronholm A, Engene N. Moorena gen. nov., a valid name for "Moorea Engene & al." nom. inval. (Oscillatoriaceae, Cyanobacteria). Notulae Algarum 2019; 122:1-2.
  • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus "Moorea" Engene et al. 2012. Publication: Engene N, Rottacker EC, Kastovsky J, Byrum T, Choi H, Ellisman MH, Komarek J, Gerwick WH. Moorea producens gen. nov., sp. nov. and Moorea bouillonii comb. nov., tropical marine cyanobacteria rich in bioactive secondary metabolites. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:1171-1178.
  • ✏ The authority of the taxon name (Engene and Tronholm) deliberately differs from the authors of the publication (Tronholm and Engene).

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 2
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 2
Total number of child taxa: 2

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Moorena bouillonii (Hoffmann and Demoulin 1991) Engene and Tronholm 2019	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Moorena producens Engene and Tronholm 2019	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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