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Genus Tychonema
Name: Tychonema Anagnostidis and Komárek 1988
Etymology: Ty.cho.ne’ma. Gr. neut. n. nêma, a thread; N.L. neut. n. Tychonema
Gender, pronunciation: neuter (stem: Tychonemat-), ty-kho-NE-ma
Type species: Tychonema tenue (Skuja 1948) Anagnostidis and Komárek 1988
Valid publication: Anagnostidis K, Komárek J. Modern approach to the classification system of cyanophytes 3 - Oscillatoriales. Algological Studies 1988; 50-53:327-472.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
Taxonomic status: correct name
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Notes:
- 🧕 Boone et al. (2001) assigned this genus to the class "Cyanobacteria". Publication: Garrity GM, Holt JG. The Road Map to the Manual. In: Boone DR, Castenholz RW, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, second edition, vol. 1 (The Archaea and the deeply branching and phototrophic Bacteria), Springer-Verlag, New York, 2001, p. 119-166. 🇺🇸
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🧕 Hoffmann et al. (2005) assigned this genus to the family Phormidiaceae Anagnostidis and Komárek 1988.
Publication:
Hoffmann L, Komárek J, Kaštovský J. System of cyanoprokaryotes (cyanobacteria) – state in 2004. Algol. Stud. 2005; 117:95-115.
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- 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Tychomema".
- 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: NIES: 1.
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
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status Tychonema bornetii (Zukal 1894) Anagnostidis and Komárek 1988 validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) correct name Tychonema bourrellyi (Lund 1955) Anagnostidis and Komárek 1988 validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) correct name Tychonema decoloratum (West 1899) Anagnostidis and Komárek 1988 validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) correct name Tychonema exospirum (Skuja 1956) Anagnostidis and Komárek 1988 validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) synonym Tychonema granulatum (Gardner 1927) Anagnostidis and Komárek 1988 validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) synonym Tychonema griseoviolaceum (Skuja 1956) Anagnostidis and Komárek 1988 validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) synonym Tychonema ingricum (Woronichin 1931) Anagnostidis and Komárek 1988 validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), illegitimate name synonym Tychonema rhodonema (Skuja 1964) Anagnostidis and Komárek 1988 validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) correct name Tychonema sequanum (Couté 1980) Anagnostidis and Komárek 1988 validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) correct name Tychonema tenue (Skuja 1948) Anagnostidis and Komárek 1988 validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) correct name
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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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