Name: Rexia Casamatta et al. 2006

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Rex’i.a. N.L. fem. n. Rexia, named to honor Rex Lowe. Bowling Green State University, OH, USA

Gender: feminine (stem: Rexi-)

Type species: Rexia erecta Casamatta et al. 2006

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Casamatta DA, Gomez SR, Johansen JR. Rexia erecta gen. et sp. nov. and Capsosira lowei sp. nov., two newly described cyanobacterial taxa from the Great Smoky Mountains National Park (USA). Hydrobiologia 2006; 561:13-26.

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🧍 Full authorship: Casamatta, Gomez and Johansen 2006.

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
    Rexia erecta Casamatta et al. 2006	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name

Parent taxon: Tolypotrichaceae corrig. Hauer et al. 2014

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: 6187