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Genus Rippkaea
Name: Rippkaea Johansen and Mareš 2019
Etymology: Rippk.ae’a. N.L. fem. n. Rippkaea, in honor of Rosmarie Rippka, a prominent cyanobacterial researcher who ushered in the period of using strains to study cyanobacteria
Gender: feminine (stem: Rippkae-)
Type species: Rippkaea orientalis Johansen and Mareš 2019
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
Valid publication:
Mares J, Johansen JR, Hauer T, Zima JJ, Ventura S, Cuzman O, Tiribilli B, Kastovsky J. Taxonomic resolution of the genus Cyanothece (Chroococcales, Cyanobacteria), with a treatment on Gloeothece and three new genera, Crocosphaera, Rippkaea, and Zehria. J Phycol 2019; 55:578-610. 
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
Taxonomic status: correct name
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Notes:
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🧕 Mares et al. (2019) assigned this genus to the order Chroococcales corrig. Ardissone 1886.
Publication:
Mares J, Johansen JR, Hauer T, Zima JJ, Ventura S, Cuzman O, Tiribilli B, Kastovsky J. Taxonomic resolution of the genus Cyanothece (Chroococcales, Cyanobacteria), with a treatment on Gloeothece and three new genera, Crocosphaera, Rippkaea, and Zehria. J Phycol 2019; 55:578-610.
- ✏ The authority of the taxon name (Johansen and Mareš) deliberately differs from the authors of the publication (Mareš et al.).
- 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: CBFS: 1; PCC: 1.
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🧕 Mares et al. (2019) assigned this genus to the order Chroococcales corrig. Ardissone 1886.
Publication:
Mares J, Johansen JR, Hauer T, Zima JJ, Ventura S, Cuzman O, Tiribilli B, Kastovsky J. Taxonomic resolution of the genus Cyanothece (Chroococcales, Cyanobacteria), with a treatment on Gloeothece and three new genera, Crocosphaera, Rippkaea, and Zehria. J Phycol 2019; 55:578-610.
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
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status Rippkaea orientalis Johansen and Mareš 2019 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: 7973
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