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Genus Violetonostoc
Name: Violetonostoc Cai and Li 2020
Etymology: Vi.o.le.to.nos’toc. N.L. neut. n. Violetonostoc, The name of genus from latin “viola” was chosen due to the color of colonies.
Gender, pronunciation: neuter (stem: Violetonostoc-), wi-o-le-to-NOS-tok
Type species: Violetonostoc minutum Cai and Li 2020
Valid publication:
Cai F, Peng X, Li R. Violetonostoc minutum gen. et sp. nov. (Nostocales, Cyanobacteria) from a rocky substrate in China. ALGAE 2020; 35:1-16. 
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
Taxonomic status: correct name
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Notes:
- ✏ The authority of the taxon name (Cai and Li) deliberately differs from the authors of the publication (Cai et al.).
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
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status Violetonostoc minutum Cai and Li 2020 validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) correct name
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Parent taxon: Nostocaceae Eichler 1886
Assigned by:
Cai F, Peng X, Li R. Violetonostoc minutum gen. et sp. nov. (Nostocales, Cyanobacteria) from a rocky substrate in China. ALGAE 2020; 35:1-16.
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Record number: 21500
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