Name: Wilmottia Strunecky et al. 2011

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Wil.mott’i.a. N.L. fem. n. Wilmottia, named to honor our colleague and friend Professor Annick Wilmotte (Liège), who has contributed substantially to the knowledge of the ecology and diversity of Antarctic cyanobacterial microflora

Gender: feminine (stem: Wilmotti-)

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.
  • This taxon name is occasionally misprinted in some sources as: "Willmotia".
  • This taxon name is a homonym of Wilmottia Strunecký et al. 2011.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 2
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 2
Total number of child taxa: 2

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    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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Record number: 37648