Komarkovaea Mai, Johansen et Pietrasiak, 2018

Mai, Truc, Johansen, Jeffrey R., Pietrasiak, Nicole, Bohunická, Markéta & Martin, Michael P., 2018, Revision of the Synechococcales (Cyanobacteria) through recognition of four families including Oculatellaceae fam. nov. and Trichocoleaceae fam. nov. and six new genera containing 14 species, Phytotaxa 365 (1), pp. 1-59 : 44

Komarkovaea Mai, Johansen et Pietrasiak gen. nov.

Description:— Filaments simple, unbranched, with variation in width between post-hormogonial and mature filaments. Sheath firm, thin, colorless. Trichomes constricted at cross-walls, rarely tapering. Hormogonia and necridia present. Cells with parietal thylakoids, shorter than wide to longer than wide, mostly isodiametric.

Etymology:— Named for Jaroslava Komárková, a prominent Czech cyanobacteriologist, phytoplankton ecologist, and personal friend who recently passed away. She will be sorely missed, and we wish to honor her memory and contributions to science with the establishment of this genus.

Type species:— Komarkovaea angustata Mai, Johansen et Pietrasiak sp. nov.