Name: Thermostichus Komárek and Strunecký 2020

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: N.L. masc. n. Thermostichus, Synechococcus-like cyanobacteria with short cylindrical cells, growing in thermal waters.

Gender: masculine (stem: Thermostich-)

Type species: Thermostichus vulcanus (Copeland 1936) Komárek and Strunecký 2020

Valid publication: Komárek J, Johansen JR, Smarda J, Strunecky O. Phylogeny and taxonomy of Synechococcus-like cyanobacteria. Fottea 2020; 20:171-191.

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Thermostichus" Strunecky et al. 2019	homotypic synonym, not validly published

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family Thermostichaceae Komarek et al. 2020. Publication: Komárek J, Johansen JR, Smarda J, Strunecky O. Phylogeny and taxonomy of Synechococcus-like cyanobacteria. Fottea 2020; 20:171-191.
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the order Thermostichales Komarek et al. 2020. Publication: Komárek J, Johansen JR, Smarda J, Strunecky O. Phylogeny and taxonomy of Synechococcus-like cyanobacteria. Fottea 2020; 20:171-191.
  • 🧕 Komarek et al. (2020) assigned this genus to the order Thermostichales Komarek et al. 2020. Publication: Komárek J, Johansen JR, Smarda J, Strunecky O. Phylogeny and taxonomy of Synechococcus-like cyanobacteria. Fottea 2020; 20:171-191.
  • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Synechococcus Nägeli 1849. Publication: Copeland JJ. Yellowstone thermal Myxophyceae. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 1936; 36:1-232.
  • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus "Thermosynechococcus" Katoh et al. 2001. Publication: Katoh H, Itoh S, Shen JR, Ikeuchi M. Functional analysis of psbV and a novel c-type cytochrome gene psbV2 of the thermophilic cyanobacterium Thermosynechococcus elongatus strain BP-1. Plant Cell Physiol 2001; 42:599-607.
  • ✏ The authority of the taxon name (Komárek and Strunecký) deliberately differs from the authors of the publication (Komárek et al.).

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 10
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 10
Total number of child taxa: 11

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Thermostichus amphigranulatus (Copeland 1936) Komárek and Strunecký 2020	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Thermostichus arcuatus (Copeland 1936) Komárek and Strunecký 2020	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Thermostichus bigranulatus (Skuja 1932) Komárek and Strunecký 2020	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Thermostichus lividus (Copeland 1936) Komárek and Strunecký 2020	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Thermostichus praelongus (Emoto and Yoneda 1940) Komárek and Strunecký 2020	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Thermostichus sublividus (Emoto and Yoneda 1940) Komárek and Strunecký 2020	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Thermostichus sulfuricus corrig. (Dor 1967) Komárek and Strunecký 2020	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Thermostichus sulphuricus (Dor 1967) Komárek and Strunecký 2020	inaccurate spelling (ICN [Botanical Code])	misspelling
    Thermostichus vescus (Copeland 1936) Komárek and Strunecký 2020	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Thermostichus viridissimus (Copeland 1936) Komárek and Strunecký 2020	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Thermostichus vulcanus (Copeland 1936) Komárek and Strunecký 2020	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name

Parent taxon: Thermostichaceae Komarek et al. 2020

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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