Name: Purpureonostoc Cai and Li 2020

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Pur.pu.re.o.nos’toc. L. masc. adj. purpureus, purple-colored; N.L. neut. n. Nostoc, a cyanobacterial genus; N.L. neut. n. Purpureonostoc, a purple Nostoc

Gender, pronunciation: neuter (stem: Purpureonostoc-), pur-pu-re-o-NOS-tok

Type species: Purpureonostoc tibeticum corrig. Cai and Li 2020

Valid publication: Cai F, Li R. Purpureonostoc, a new name for a recently described genus of Nostoc-like cyanobacteria. Fottea 2020; 20:111-111.

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Cai and Li (2020) assigned this genus to the order Nostocales corrig. Borzì 1914. Publication: Cai F, Li R. Purpureonostoc, a new name for a recently described genus of Nostoc-like cyanobacteria. Fottea 2020; 20:111-111.

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: 2

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Purpureonostoc tibetica Cai and Li 2020	inaccurate spelling (ICN [Botanical Code])	misspelling
    Purpureonostoc tibeticum corrig. Cai and Li 2020	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: 21488