Name: Salileptolyngbya Zhou 2018

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Sa.li.lep.to.lyng’by.a. L. masc. n. sal, salt; N.L. fem. n. Leptolyngbya, a cyanobacterial genus; N.L. fem. n. Salileptolyngbya, a Leptolyngbya-like organism from a saline environment

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): feminine (stem: Salileptolyngby-), sa-li-lep-to-LYN͡G-by-a

Type species: Salileptolyngbya diazotrophica corrig. Zhou 2018

Valid publication: Zhou W-G, Ding D-W, Yang Q-S, Ahmad M, Zhang Y-Z, Lin X-C, Zhang Y-Y, Ling J, Dong J-D. Marileptolyngbya sina gen. nov., sp. nov. and Salileptolyngbya diazotrophicum gen. nov., sp. nov. (Synechococcales, Cyanobacteria), species of cyanobacteria isolated from a marine ecosystem. Phytotaxa 2018; 383:75-92. 🇨🇳

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Zhou et al. (2018) assigned this genus to the family Leptolyngbyaceae Komárek et al. 2014. Publication: Zhou W-G, Ding D-W, Yang Q-S, Ahmad M, Zhang Y-Z, Lin X-C, Zhang Y-Y, Ling J, Dong J-D. Marileptolyngbya sina gen. nov., sp. nov. and Salileptolyngbya diazotrophicum gen. nov., sp. nov. (Synechococcales, Cyanobacteria), species of cyanobacteria isolated from a marine ecosystem. Phytotaxa 2018; 383:75-92. 🇨🇳
  • ✏ The authority of the taxon name (Zhou) deliberately differs from the authors of the publication (Zhou et al.).
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: CCTCC: 2.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 2
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 2
Total number of child taxa: 3

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Salileptolyngbya caboverdiana Hentschke and Oliveira 2026	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Salileptolyngbya diazotrophica corrig. Zhou 2018	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Salileptolyngbya diazotrophicum Zhou 2018	inaccurate spelling (ICN [Botanical Code])	misspelling

Parent taxon: Nodosilineaceae Strunecký and Mareš 2023

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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