Name: Wolskyella Claus 1963

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Wol.sky.el’la. N.L. fem. dim. n. Wolskyella, named in honor of Prof. Alexander Wolsky, Hungarian geneticist

Gender, pronunciation: feminine (stem: Wolskyell-), wol-sky-EL-la

Type species: Wolskyella filamentosa Claus 1963

Valid publication: Claus G. Wolskyella, a new genus of blue-green algae and its phylogenetic significance. Nova Hedwigia 1963; 6:29-38.

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Wolskyella" Claus 1961	homotypic synonym, not validly published

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Hoffmann et al. (2005) assigned this genus to the family Synechococcaceae Komárek and Anagnostidis 1995. Publication: Hoffmann L, Komárek J, Kaštovský J. System of cyanoprokaryotes (cyanobacteria) – state in 2004. Algol. Stud. 2005; 117:95-115.
  • 🧕 Komarek et al. (2014) assigned this genus to the family Romeriaceae 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.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Volskyellu"; "Wolskylella"; "Wolslcyella".

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 4
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 4
Total number of child taxa: 4

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Wolskyella australis McGregor and Kaštovský 2008	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Wolskyella filamentosa Claus 1963	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Wolskyella floridana Mareš and Kaštovský 2008	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Wolskyella solitaria Ehresmann and Claus 1968	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name

Parent taxon: Cymatolegaceae 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: 6422