Name: Potamosiphon McGregor and Sendall 2019

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Po.ta.mo.si’phon. Gr. masc. n. potamos, river or stream; Gr. masc. n. siphôn, tube or pipe; N.L. masc. n. Potamosiphon, a tube from a stream

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): masculine (stem: Potamosiphon-), po-ta-mo-SI-p^hon

Type species: Potamosiphon australiensis McGregor and Sendall 2019

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: McGregor GB, Sendall BC. Potamosiphon australiensis gen. nov., sp nov. (Oscillatoriales), a new filamentous cyanobacterium from subtropical north-eastern Australia. Phytotaxa 2019; 387:77-93. 🇦🇺

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🧕 McGregor and Sendall (2019) assigned this genus to the family Oscillatoriaceae Engler 1898. Publication: McGregor GB, Sendall BC. Potamosiphon australiensis gen. nov., sp nov. (Oscillatoriales), a new filamentous cyanobacterium from subtropical north-eastern Australia. Phytotaxa 2019; 387:77-93. 🇦🇺
  • 🧕 Moretto et al. (2024) assigned this genus to the order Aerosakkonematales Lefler et al. 2024. Publication: Moretto JA, Berthold DE, Lefler FW, Huang IS, Laughinghouse HD. Floridanema gen. nov. (Aerosakkonemataceae, Aerosakkonematales ord. nov., Cyanobacteria) from benthic tropical and subtropical fresh waters, with the description of four new species. J Phycol 2025; 61:91-107. 🇺🇸
  • 🧍 Full authorship: G.B. McGregor and B.C. Sendall 2019.

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
    Potamosiphon australiensis McGregor and Sendall 2019	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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Record number: 6280