Name: Brasilonema geniculatum Villanueva and Casamatta 2019

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ge.ni.cu.la’tum. L. masc. adj. geniculatus, knotty, jointed; L. neut. adj. geniculatum, based on the knotted growth form

Gender: neuter

Type strain: OL-100180; UPOC 151/2014

Valid publication: Villanueva CD, et al. Descriptions of Brasilonema geniculatum and Calothrix dumus (Nostocales, Cyanobacteria): two new taxa isolated from cemetery tombstones. Phytotaxa 2019; 387:9.

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • ✏ The authority of the taxon name (Villanueva and Casamatta) deliberately differs from the authors of the publication (Villanueva et al.).
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 0 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Brasilonema Fiore et al. 2007

Assigned by: Villanueva CD, et al. Descriptions of Brasilonema geniculatum and Calothrix dumus (Nostocales, Cyanobacteria): two new taxa isolated from cemetery tombstones. Phytotaxa 2019; 387:9.

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Record number: 37392