Name: Wilmottia Strunecký et al. 2011

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Wil.mott’i.a. N.L. fem. n. Wilmottia, referring to Wilmotte

Gender: feminine (stem: Wilmotti-)

Type species: Wilmottia murrayi (West and West 1911) Strunecký et al. 2011

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Strunecký O, Elster J, Komárek J. Taxonomic revision of the freshwater cyanobacterium "Phormidium" murrayi = Wilmottia murrayi. Fottea 2011; 11:57-71.

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family Wilmottiaceae Strunecký and Mareš 2023. Publication: 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.
  • 🧕 Komarek et al. (2014) assigned this genus to the family Coleofasciculaceae Komárek et al. 2014. Publication: Komárek J, Kaštovský J, Mareš J, Johansen JR. Taxonomic classification of cyanoprokaryotes (cyanobacterial genera) 2014, using a polyphasic approach. Preslia 2014; 86:295-335.
  • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Lyngbya Agardh ex Gomont 1892. Publication: West W, West GS. Part VII. Freshwater algae. In: Murray J (eds), British Antarctic Expedition 1907-9. Vol. 1 Biology, William Heinemann, London, 1911, p. 264-298.
  • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Phormidium Kützing ex Gomont 1892. Publication: Anagnostidis K, Komárek J. Modern approach to the classification system of cyanophytes. 3. Oscillatoriales. Archiv für Hydrobiologie, Supplement 1988; 80:327-472.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Willmotia".
  • 🧍 Full authorship: Strumecký, Elster and Komárek 2011.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 3
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 3
Total number of child taxa: 3

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Wilmottia koreana Lee et al. 2020	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Wilmottia murrayi (West and West 1911) Strunecký et al. 2011	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Wilmottia stricta Machado de Lima et al. 2017	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name

Parent taxon: Wilmottiaceae Strunecký and Mareš 2023

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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