Name: Tychonema Anagnostidis and Komárek 1988

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Ty.cho.ne’ma. Gr. fem. n. tychê, good fortune, luck; Gr. neut. n. nêma, thread; N.L. neut. n. Tychonema, a lucky thread

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): neuter (stem: Tychonemat-), ty-kho-NE-ma

Type species: Tychonema tenue (Skuja 1948) Anagnostidis and Komárek 1988

16S rRNA gene: Analysetree FASTA download

Valid publication: Anagnostidis K, Komárek J. Modern approach to the classification system of the cyanophytes 3: Oscillatoriales. Algol. Stud. 1988; 50-53:327-472.

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: 6
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 10
Total number of child taxa: 10

Parent taxon: Microcoleaceae (Hansgirg 1892) Strunecký et al. 2013

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: 6182

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