Genus Radiculonema

Name: Radiculonema Luz et al. 2023

Category, proposed as: genus, gen. nov.

Etymology: Ra.di.cu.lo.ne’ma. L. fem. n. radicula, a small root; Gr. neut. n. nêma, thread, filament; N.L. neut. n. Radiculonema, probably meaning a tread with small roots

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): neuter (stem: Radiculonemat-), ra-di-ku-lo-NE-ma

Type species: Radiculonema aquaticum Luz et al. 2023

Valid publication: Luz R, Cordeiro R, Kastovsky J, Johansen JR, Dias E, Fonseca A, Urbatzka R, Vasconcelos V, Goncalves V. Description of four new filamentous cyanobacterial taxa from freshwater habitats in the Azores Archipelago. J Phycol 2023; 59:1323-1338. 🇵🇹

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

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Leptolyngbya Anagnostidis and Komárek 1988

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Spirocoleus Möbius ex Crow 1927	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
    Leptolyngbya Anagnostidis and Komárek 1988	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), conserved name
    "Spirocoleus" Möbius 1889	heterotypic synonym, not validly published

• Notes:
  • 🚂 For the type species of this genus another name is in use, which is affiliated with the genus Leptolyngbya Anagnostidis and Komárek 1988. Publication: Hentschke GS, Ciancas Jiménez JC, Hoepfner C, Guzmán D, Mesquita MJ, Vasconcelos V. The extremophile Eurychoronema bolivianum gen. et sp. nov. (Nodosilineales, Cyanobacteria) and Leptolyngbya aquatica comb. nov. Phycologia 2024; 63:510-519. 🇧🇷
  • ❗ Radiculonema is the correct name instead if this genus is regarded as a separate genus (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another genus whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority).
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: BACA: 1.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
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
    Radiculonema aquaticum Luz et al. 2023	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym

Parent taxon: Leptolyngbyaceae Komárek et al. 2014

Assigned by: Luz R, Cordeiro R, Kastovsky J, Johansen JR, Dias E, Fonseca A, Urbatzka R, Vasconcelos V, Goncalves V. Description of four new filamentous cyanobacterial taxa from freshwater habitats in the Azores Archipelago. J Phycol 2023; 59:1323-1338. 🇵🇹

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Record number: 40844