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Genus Zehria
Name: Zehria Johansen and Mareš 2019
Etymology: Zeh’ri.a. N.L. fem. n. Zehria, Named in honor of Jonathan Zehr, a prominant researcher in the field of diazotrophic cyanobacteria
Gender, pronunciation: feminine (stem: Zehri-), ZEH-ri-a
Type species: Zehria floridana Johansen and Mareš 2019
Valid publication:
Mares J, Johansen JR, Hauer T, Zima JJ, Ventura S, Cuzman O, Tiribilli B, Kastovsky J. Taxonomic resolution of the genus Cyanothece (Chroococcales, Cyanobacteria), with a treatment on Gloeothece and three new genera, Crocosphaera, Rippkaea, and Zehria. J Phycol 2019; 55:578-610. 
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
Taxonomic status: correct name
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Notes:
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🧕 Mares et al. (2019) assigned this genus to the order Chroococcales corrig. Ardissone 1886.
Publication:
Mares J, Johansen JR, Hauer T, Zima JJ, Ventura S, Cuzman O, Tiribilli B, Kastovsky J. Taxonomic resolution of the genus Cyanothece (Chroococcales, Cyanobacteria), with a treatment on Gloeothece and three new genera, Crocosphaera, Rippkaea, and Zehria. J Phycol 2019; 55:578-610.
- ✏ The authority of the taxon name (Johansen and Mareš) deliberately differs from the authors of the publication (Mares et al.).
- 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: CBFS: 1.
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🧕 Mares et al. (2019) assigned this genus to the order Chroococcales corrig. Ardissone 1886.
Publication:
Mares J, Johansen JR, Hauer T, Zima JJ, Ventura S, Cuzman O, Tiribilli B, Kastovsky J. Taxonomic resolution of the genus Cyanothece (Chroococcales, Cyanobacteria), with a treatment on Gloeothece and three new genera, Crocosphaera, Rippkaea, and Zehria. J Phycol 2019; 55:578-610.
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 Zehria floridana Johansen and Mareš 2019 validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) correct name
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Parent taxon: Microcystaceae Elenkin 1933
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: 6360
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