Name: Streptostemon Sant'Anna et al. 2010

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Strep.to.ste’mon. Gr. masc. adj. streptos, twisted, curved; Gr. masc. n. stêmôn, a warp of a loom; N.L. masc. n. Streptostemon, a twisted warp

Gender: masculine (stem: Streptostemon-)

Type species: Streptostemon capitatus Sant'Anna et al. 2010

Valid publication: Sant'Anna CL, Azevedo TMP, Kaštovský J, Komárek J. Two form-genera of aerophytic heterocytous cyanobacteria from Brasilian rainy forest 'Mata Atlântica. Fottea 2010; 10:217-228.

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

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: 6295
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