Name: Synechocystis Sauvageau 1892

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Syn.e.cho.cys’tis. sunekhos, continu, dont les parties se tiennent; N.L. fem. n. Synechocystis, a bladder holding together

Gender: feminine (stem: Synechocyst-)

Type species: Synechocystis aquatilis Sauvageau 1892

Valid publication: Sauvageau M. Sur les algues d'eau douce recoltées en Algérie pendant le session de la Societé Botanique en 1892. Bulletin de la Société Botanique de France 1892; 39:104-128.

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: 20
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 21
Total number of child taxa: 22

Parent taxon: Microcystaceae Elenkin 1933

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: 6297
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