Name: Spirulinaceae (Gomont 1892) Hoffmann et al. 2005

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov.

Etymology: N.L. fem. pl. n. Spirulinaceae, the Spirulina family

Gender: feminine

Type genus: Spirulina Turpin ex Gomont 1892

Valid publication: Hoffmann L, Komárek J, Kaštovský J. System of cyanoprokaryotes (cyanobacteria) – state in 2004. Algol. Stud. 2005; 117:95-115.

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Hoffmann et al. (2005) assigned this family to the class Cyanophyceae Schaffner 1909. Publication: Hoffmann L, Komárek J, Kaštovský J. System of cyanoprokaryotes (cyanobacteria) – state in 2004. Algol. Stud. 2005; 117:95-115.
  • 🧕 Hoffmann et al. (2005) assigned this family to the order Chroococcales Schaffner 1922. Publication: Hoffmann L, Komárek J, Kaštovský J. System of cyanoprokaryotes (cyanobacteria) – state in 2004. Algol. Stud. 2005; 117:95-115.
  • 🧒 Hoffmann et al. (2005) assigned the genus "Holospirulina" to this family. Publication: Hoffmann L, Komárek J, Kaštovský J. System of cyanoprokaryotes (cyanobacteria) – state in 2004. Algol. Stud. 2005; 117:95-115.
  • 🚃 The type genus of this family has alternatively been placed in the family Oscillatoriaceae Engler 1898. Publication: Geitler L. Synoptische Darstellung der Cyanophyceen in morphologischer und systematischer Hinsicht. Beihefte zum Botanischen Centralblatt 1925; 41:163-294.
  • 🚃 The type genus of this family has alternatively been placed in the family Oscillatoriaceae Engler 1898. Publication: Elenkin AA. Sinezeleniye vodorosli SSSR. Monografiya presnovodnykh i nazemnykh S'yanofiseaye, obnaruzhennykh v predelakh SSSR. Spetsial'naya (sistematicheskaya) chast', vyp. II. III. Hormogoneae (Geitl.) Elenk. (okonchaniye). Izdate'stvo Akademii Nauk SSSR, Moscow, 1949.
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: UTEX: 2; SAG: 1; CCALA: 1.

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: 5

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Glaucospira Lagerheim 1892	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Halospirulina Nübel et al. 2000	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Paraspirulina" Walter et al. 2017	not validly published	synonym (and no standing)
    Spirulina Turpin ex Gomont 1892	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Thermospirulina Moro et al. 2021	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name

Parent taxon: Spirulinales Komárek et al. 2014

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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