Name: Spirirestis Flechtner and Johansen 2002

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Spi.ri.res.tis. Gr. fem. n. speîra, what is coiled, wound; L. fem. n. restis, a rope; N.L. fem. n. Spirirestis, a coiled rope

Gender: feminine (stem: Spirirest-)

Type species: Spirirestis rafaelensis Flechtner and Johansen 2002

Valid publication: Flechtner VR, Boyer SL, Johansen JR, DeNoble ML. Spirirestis rafaelensis gen. et sp. nov. (Cyanophyceae), a new cyanobacterial genus from arid soils. Nova Hedwigia 2002; 74:1-24.

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Hoffmann et al. (2005) assigned this genus to the family Microchaetaceae Lemmermann 1907. Publication: Hoffmann L, Komárek J, Kaštovský J. System of cyanoprokaryotes (cyanobacteria) – state in 2004. Algol. Stud. 2005; 117:95-115.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Spirirestris"; "Sprirestis".
  • ✏ The authority of the taxon name (Flechtner and Johansen) deliberately differs from the authors of the publication (Flechtner 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: 1

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Spirirestis rafaelensis Flechtner and Johansen 2002	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: 6333