Name: Tusconia Hentschke and De Rosa 2025

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Tus.co’ni.a. L. masc. pl. n. Tusci, referring to Tuscany, the locality of collection; Gr. masc. n. kônos, cone, referring to the cone-shaped terminal cells of the trichomes; N.L. fem. n. Tusconia, sic [probably better: Tusciconia]

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): feminine (stem: Tusconi-), tus-KO-ni-a

Type species: Tusconia apicata Hentschke and De Rosa 2025

16S rRNA gene: Analysetree FASTA download

Valid publication: De Rosa T, Hentschke GS, Lopes G, Oliveira F, Esposito G, Teta R, Vasconcelos V, Costantino V. Tusconia apicata gen. et sp. nov.: An innovative biomass source with antioxidant and anti-inflammatory potential from thermal spring Bagni San Filippo. Algal Research 2025; 91:104267. 🇮🇹

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: 1
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 1
Total number of child taxa: 1

Parent taxon: Oculatellaceae Mai and Johansen 2018

Assigned by: De Rosa T, Hentschke GS, Lopes G, Oliveira F, Esposito G, Teta R, Vasconcelos V, Costantino V. Tusconia apicata gen. et sp. nov.: An innovative biomass source with antioxidant and anti-inflammatory potential from thermal spring Bagni San Filippo. Algal Research 2025; 91:104267. 🇮🇹

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Record number: 71542

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