Name: Salileptolyngbya Zhou 2018

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: N.L. fem. n. Salileptolyngbya, the genus name refers to its habitat in saline environment and similar morphology to Leptolyngbya sensu stricto

Gender: feminine (stem: Salileptolyngby-)

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.).

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: 2

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    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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