Name: Sivoneniella Christodoulou et al. 2025

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Si.vo.ne.ni.el’la. N.L. fem. dim. n. Sivoneniella, named in honour of Prof. Emerita Kaarina Sivonen, a Finnish microbiologist, mentor, colleague and friend, who dedicated her career to the study of cyanobacterial toxins and bioactive metabolites

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): feminine (stem: Sivoneniell-), si-wo-ne-ni-EL-la

Type species: Sivoneniella epilithica Christodoulou et al. 2025

Valid publication: Christodoulou M, B. Dextro R, Wahlsten M, Oivanen P, Fewer DP, Fiore MF. Sivoneniella epilithica gen. et sp. nov., (Leptolyngbyaceae, Cyanobacteria), from Suomenlinna Fortress (UNESCO World Heritage Site), Finland. European Journal of Phycology 2025; 0:1-20. 🇫🇮

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: Leptolyngbyaceae Komárek et al. 2014

Assigned by: Christodoulou M, B. Dextro R, Wahlsten M, Oivanen P, Fewer DP, Fiore MF. Sivoneniella epilithica gen. et sp. nov., (Leptolyngbyaceae, Cyanobacteria), from Suomenlinna Fortress (UNESCO World Heritage Site), Finland. European Journal of Phycology 2025; 0:1-20. 🇫🇮

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Record number: 69737
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