Name: Reofilinostoc Garduño-Solórzano et al. 2024

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Re.o.fi.li.nos’toc. Gr. rheô, flow, current; Gr. fem. n. philia, (fraternal) love; N.L. neut. n. Nostoc, a genus of cyanobacteria; N.L. neut. n. Reofilinostoc, here derived from the spanish spelling of "rheophile" (stream-loving) and Nostoc, meaning a stream-loving Nostoc

Gender, pronunciation: neuter (stem: Reofilinostoc-), re-o-fi-li-NOS-tok

Type species: Reofilinostoc matlalcueyense Garduño-Solórzano et al. 2024

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Garduño-Solórzano G, Martínez-García M, Scotta Hentschke G, Miguel Solorza LF, Vasconcelos VM. A phylogenetically distant clade of Nostoc–like (Cyanobacteria) taxa with the description of Reofilinostoc matlalcueyense gen. et sp. nov. from an extreme environment. Phytotaxa 2024; 655:125-143.

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

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

Parent taxon: Nodulariaceae Elenkin 1916

Assigned by: Garduño-Solórzano G, Martínez-García M, Scotta Hentschke G, Miguel Solorza LF, Vasconcelos VM. A phylogenetically distant clade of Nostoc–like (Cyanobacteria) taxa with the description of Reofilinostoc matlalcueyense gen. et sp. nov. from an extreme environment. Phytotaxa 2024; 655:125-143.

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Record number: 62493
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