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Genus Radiocystis
Etymology: Ra.di.o.cys’tis. Gr. fem. n. kystis, a bag; N.L. fem. n. Radiocystis
Gender, pronunciation: feminine (stem: Radiocyst-), ra-di-o-KYS-tis
Type species: Radiocystis geminata Skuja 1948
Valid publication: Skuja H. Taxonomie des Phytoplanktons einiger Seen in Uppland, Schweden. Symbolae Botanicae Upsalienses 1948; 9:1-399.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
Taxonomic status: correct name
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Notes:
- 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Radiocsstis"; "Radiocyatis"; "Radiocyslis"; "Radiooystis"; "Ratliocystis".
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 4
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 5
Total number of child taxa: 5
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status Radiocystis aphanothecoidea Hindák 1996 validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) correct name Radiocystis elongata Hindák 1996 validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) correct name Radiocystis fernandoi Komárek and Komárková-Legnerová 1993 validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) synonym Radiocystis geminata Skuja 1948 validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) correct name Radiocystis magadzae Komárek and Cronberg 2001 validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) correct name
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Parent taxon: Microcystaceae Elenkin 1933
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: 6379
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