Name: Starria Lang 1977

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Star’ri.a. N.L. fem. n. Starria, Isolated by Dr. Richard C. Starr.

Gender, pronunciation: feminine (stem: Starri-), STAR-ri-a

Type species: Starria zimbabweensis Lang 1977

Valid publication: Lang NJ. Starria zimbabweësnis (Cyanophyceae) gen. nov. et sp. nov.: a filament triradiate in transverse section. Journal of Phycology 1977; 13:288-296.

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Boone et al. (2001) assigned this genus to the class "Cyanobacteria". Publication: Garrity GM, Holt JG. The Road Map to the Manual. In: Boone DR, Castenholz RW, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, second edition, vol. 1 (The Archaea and the deeply branching and phototrophic Bacteria), Springer-Verlag, New York, 2001, p. 119-166.
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: UTEX: 1.
  • 🧍 Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "STRA" for this genus name but this does not appear to be of practical relevance any longer. Publication: Pittman KF, Walczak CA, Lock CM. Codes and abbreviations for approved of effectively published names of genera of bacteria published from January 1980 to December 1990. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1991; 41:571-579.

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
    Starria zimbabweensis Lang 1977	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name

Parent taxon: Gomontiellaceae Elenkin ex Geitler 1942

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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