Name: Anabaena Bory ex Bornet and Flahault 1886

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Gr. ind. v. anabainô; N.L. fem. n. Anabaena

Gender: feminine (stem: Anabaen-)

Type species: Anabaena oscillarioides Bory ex Bornet and Flahault 1886

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Valid publication: Bornet É, Flahault C. Revision des Nostocacées hétérocystées contenues dans les principaux herbiers de France (quatrième et dernier fragment). Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Botanique, Septième Série 1886; 7:177-262.

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family Anabaenaceae Elenkin 1938. Publication: Elenkin AA. Sinezelenye vodorosli SSSR. Spetsial'naya sistematicheskaya chast. Vyp. 1. Unknown Publisher, Moskva & Leningrad, 1938.
  • 🧕 Boone et al. (2001) assigned this genus to the class "Cyanobacteria". Publication: Garrity GM, Holt JG. The Road Map to the Manual. In: Boone DR, Castenholz RW, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, second edition, vol. 1 (The Archaea and the deeply branching and phototrophic Bacteria), Springer-Verlag, New York, 2001, p. 119-166.
  • 🧕 Cavalier-Smith (1998) assigned this genus to the subphylum "Phycobacteria" Cavalier-Smith 1998. Publication: Cavalier-Smith T. A revised six-kingdom system of life. Biol Rev Camb Philos Soc 1998; 73:203-266.
  • 🧕 Cavalier-Smith and Chao (2020) assigned this genus to the subkingdom "Eoglycobacteria" Cavalier-Smith 2020. Publication: Cavalier-Smith T, Chao EE. Multidomain ribosomal protein trees and the planctobacterial origin of neomura (eukaryotes, archaebacteria). Protoplasma 2020; 257:621-753.
  • 🧕 Eichler (1886) assigned this genus to the family Nostocaceae Eichler 1886. Publication: Eichler AW. Syllabus der Vorlesungen über specielle und medicinisch-pharmaceutische Botanik, 4. Aufl. Gebrüder Borntraeger, Berlin, 1886.
  • 🧕 Elenkin (1938) assigned this genus to the family Anabaenaceae Elenkin 1938. Publication: Elenkin AA. Sinezelenyye vodorosli SSSR. Monografiya presnovodnykh i nazemnykh Cyanophyceae, obnaruzhennykh v predelakh SSSR. Spetsial'naya (sistematicheskaya) chast'. Vyp. 2. [[Blue green algae USSR. Monograph of freshwater and terrestrial Cyanophyceae, found within the USSR. Special (systematic) part. Issue 2. Izd. AN SSSR, Moskva-Leningrad, 1938.
  • 🧕 Geitler (1925) assigned this genus to the family Nostocaceae Eichler 1886. Publication: Geitler L. Synoptische Darstellung der Cyanophyceen in morphologischer und systematischer Hinsicht. Beihefte zum Botanischen Centralblatt 1925; 41:163-294.
  • 🧕 Hoffmann et al. (2005) assigned this genus to the family Nostocaceae Eichler 1886. 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 Nostocaceae Eichler 1886. 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.
  • 🧕 Strunecky et al. (2023) assigned this genus to the family Aphanizomenonaceae Elenkin 1938. Publication: 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.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Ababaena"; "Ambaena"; "Amnabaena"; "Anaabaena"; "Anabacna"; "Anabacua"; "Anabae"; "Anabaea"; "Anabaeea"; "Anabaema"; "Anabaens"; "Anabaera"; "Anabaerta"; "Anabaerza"; "Anabaetza"; "Anabaeua"; "Anabaezza"; "Anabalna"; "Anabana"; "Anabatna"; "Anabavna"; "Anabcena"; "Anabcvna"; "Anabeana"; "Anabeena"; "Anabena"; "Anabiena"; "Anabmna"; "Anabmwa"; "Anabnena"; "Anabnma"; "Anaboena"; "Anabrena"; "Anabsena"; "Anabuemt"; "Anabuena"; "Anabwm"; "Anabwna"; "Anabzmna"; "Anaebana"; "Anahacna"; "Anahaena"; "Anahamza"; "Anahawza"; "Anaheena"; "Analaena"; "Anaoaena"; "Andabaena"; "Anebaena"; "Anebnena"; "Annbaena"; "Annbaeua"; "Annbnena"; "Anobaena"; "Anubaena"; "Aoabaena"; "Armbaena"; "Artabaena"; "Auabaena"; "Azmbaena"; "Inabaena".
  • 💁 Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Zapomelova et al. (2012). Editors in search of reviewers are advised to consider additional criteria such as whether a taxon is covered by one of the ICSP subcommittees.
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: SAG: 2; CCALA: 1.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1".
  • 🧍 Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "ANBN" for this genus name but this does not appear to be of practical relevance any longer. Publication: Pittman KF, Walczak CA, Lock CM. Codes and abbreviations for approved of effectively published names of genera of bacteria published from January 1980 to December 1990. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1991; 41:571-579.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 71
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 149
Total number of child taxa: 168

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Anabaena abnormis Proshkina-Lavrenko 1968	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Anabaena aequalis Borge 1906	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Anabaena aeruginosa Gardner 1927	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Anabaena affinis Lemmermann 1897	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Anabaena akankoensis Watanabe 2003	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Anabaena ambigua Bhashyakarla Rao 1937	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Anabaena anomala Fritsch 1949	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Anabaena antarctica Fritsch 1912	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Anabaena aphanizomenoides Forti 1911	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Anabaena arctica Kiselev 1932	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Anabaena aspera Frémy 1930	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Anabaena austroafricana Cronberg and Komárek 2004	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    "Anabaena azollae" Strasburger 1884	not validly published	synonym (and no standing)
    Anabaena azotica Ley 1959	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Anabaena baltica Schmidt 1899	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Anabaena batophora Frémy 1930	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Anabaena belmontica Archibald 1967	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Anabaena bergii Ostenfeld 1908	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Anabaena bispora Gayral and Mazancourt 1959	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Anabaena bituri Cronberg and Komárek 2004	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Anabaena bolochonzewii Meyer 1926	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Anabaena bothae corrig. Welsh 1961	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Anabaena bothai Welsh 1961	inaccurate spelling (ICN [Botanical Code])	misspelling
    Anabaena carmichaelii Cronberg and Komárek 2004	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Anabaena caspica Ostenfeld 1902	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Anabaena catenula (Kützing 1849) Bornet and Flahault 1886	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Anabaena cavanillesiana González Guerrero 1946	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Anabaena circinalis Rabenhorst ex Bornet and Flahault 1886	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Anabaena citrispora corrig. Watanabe 1992	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Anabaena citrisporum Watanabe 1992	inaccurate spelling (ICN [Botanical Code])	misspelling
    Anabaena compacta (Nygaard 1945) Hickel 1985	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Anabaena constricta (Szafer 1910) Geitler 1925	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Anabaena crassa (Lemmermann 1898) Komárková-Legnerová and Cronberg 1992	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    "Anabaena curva" Hill 1976	not validly published	synonym (and no standing)
    "Anabaena cycadearum" Reinke 1879	not validly published	synonym (and no standing)
    Anabaena cylindrica Lemmermann 1896	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Anabaena cylindrospermoides Subba Raju 1963	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Anabaena cylindrospora Welsh 1965	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Anabaena danica (Nygaard 1949) Komárková-Legnerová and Eloranta 1992	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Anabaena delicatissima Gardner 1927	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Anabaena delicatula Lemmermann 1898	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Anabaena doliolum Bharadwaja 1935	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Anabaena duplooyae Welsh 1965	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Anabaena elegans Sant'Anna 1991	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Anabaena ellipsoidea (Compère 1967) Komárek 2012	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Anabaena elongata Prescott 1965	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Anabaena epiphytica Gardner 1927	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Anabaena eucompacta Li and Watanabe 1999	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Anabaena fallax Komárek and Komárková-Legnerová 2002	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Anabaena farciminiformis Cronberg and Komárková 1988	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Anabaena fertilissima Rao 1937	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Anabaena flosaquae Brébisson ex Bornet and Flahault 1886	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Anabaena fuellebornii Schmidle 1903	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    "Anabaena fusca" Hill 1976	not validly published	synonym (and no standing)
    Anabaena fuscovaginata Mareš 2010	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Anabaena galpinii Claassen 1961	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Anabaena gelatinicola Ghose 1924	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Anabaena gerdii Carpenter and Janson 2001	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Anabaena ghosei Welsh 1964	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    "Anabaena globosa" Hirano 1963	not validly published	synonym (and no standing)
    Anabaena halbfassi Bachmann 1913	inaccurate spelling (ICN [Botanical Code])	misspelling
    Anabaena halbfassii corrig. Bachmann 1913	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Anabaena hansgirgi Schmidle 1900	inaccurate spelling (ICN [Botanical Code])	misspelling
    Anabaena hansgirgii corrig. Schmidle 1900	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Anabaena hatueyi Komárek 2005	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Anabaena helicoidea Bernard 1908	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Anabaena heterospora Nygaard 1949	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Anabaena hollerbachii Obuchova 1959	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Anabaena inaequalis Bornet and Flahault 1886	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Anabaena incognita Welsh 1964	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    "Anabaena indica" Tiwari 1972	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    Anabaena indica Tiwari and Pandey 1976	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), illegitimate name	in need of a replacement
    Anabaena isocystoides Welsh 1964	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Anabaena iyengari Bharadwaja 1935	inaccurate spelling (ICN [Botanical Code])	misspelling
    Anabaena iyengarii corrig. Bharadwaja 1935	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Anabaena jacutica Kiselev 1932	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Anabaena jeejiae Komárek 2005	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Anabaena jonssonii Petersen 1923	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Anabaena karakumica Kogan 1967	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Anabaena kashiensis Bharadwaja 1935	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Anabaena khannae Skuja 1949	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Anabaena kisseleviana Elenkin 1938	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Anabaena kisselevii Proshkina-Lavrenko 1968	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Anabaena koreana Kim 2013	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Anabaena lapponica Borge 1913	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Anabaena laxa Braun 1886	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Anabaena lemmermanni Richter 1903	inaccurate spelling (ICN [Botanical Code])	misspelling
    Anabaena lemmermannii corrig. Richter 1903	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Anabaena limnetica Smith 1916	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Anabaena lohammari Skuja 1956	inaccurate spelling (ICN [Botanical Code])	misspelling
    Anabaena lohammarii corrig. Skuja 1956	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    "Anabaena longicellularis" (Pankow 1965) Komárková-Legnerová and Eloranta 1992	not validly published	synonym (and no standing)
    Anabaena lutea Gardner 1927	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Anabaena macrospora Klebahn 1895	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Anabaena manguinii (Bourrelly 1952) Komárek 2005	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Anabaena marina Gardner 1932	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Anabaena marklei Copeland 1936	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Anabaena maxima Cronberg and Komárek 2004	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Anabaena mediocris Gardner 1927	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Anabaena mendotae Trelease 1889	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Anabaena mesiana Claassen 1961	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Anabaena miniata Skuja 1956	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Anabaena minispora Watanabe 1998	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Anabaena minuta Welsh 1964	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Anabaena minutissima Lemmermann 1898	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    "Anabaena mossii" Walter et al. 2017	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    Anabaena mucosa Komárková-Legnerová and Eloranta 1992	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Anabaena mysorensis Gonzalves and Kamat 1959	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Anabaena nathii Vasishta 1960	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Anabaena naviculoides Fritsch 1949	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Anabaena nodularioides Geitler and Ruttner 1936	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    "Anabaena nygaardii" Cronberg and Komárek 2004	not validly published	synonym (and no standing)
    Anabaena orientalis Dixit 1936	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Anabaena oryzae Fritsch 1949	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Anabaena oscillarioides Bory ex Bornet and Flahault 1886	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Anabaena oumiana Watanabe 1996	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Anabaena parva Philson 1939	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    "Anabaena perturbata" Hill 1976	not validly published	synonym (and no standing)
    Anabaena planctonica Brunnthaler 1903	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Anabaena portoricensis Gardner 1927	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Anabaena poulseniana Petersen 1923	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Anabaena promecespora Frémy 1930	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Anabaena propinqua Setchell and Gardner 1919	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Anabaena pseudocatenula Claassen 1961	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Anabaena pseudocompacta Watanabe 1996	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Anabaena pseudovariabilis Woronichin 1929	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Anabaena raciborskii Wołoszyńska 1912	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Anabaena ramakaranae Bharadwaja 1963	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Anabaena randhawae Venkataraman 1958	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Anabaena reniformis Lemmermann 1898	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Anabaena repens Behre 1956	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Anabaena robusta Kogan and Jazkulijeva 1970	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Anabaena scheremetievi Elenkin 1909	inaccurate spelling (ICN [Botanical Code])	misspelling
    Anabaena scheremetievii corrig. Elenkin 1909	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Anabaena siamensis Antarikanonda 1985	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Anabaena sigmoidea Nygaard 1949	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Anabaena skujaelaxa corrig. Komárek and Zapomělová 2007	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Anabaena skujaelaxum Komárek and Zapomělová 2007	inaccurate spelling (ICN [Botanical Code])	misspelling
    Anabaena smithii (Komárek 1958) Watanabe 1992	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Anabaena solitaria Klebahn 1895	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Anabaena sphaerica Bornet and Flahault 1886	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Anabaena spinosa Laloraya and Mitra 1972	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Anabaena spiroides Klebahn 1895	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Anabaena steloides Canabaeus 1929	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Anabaena subcylindrica Borge 1921	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Anabaena subtropica Gardner 1927	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Anabaena subvariabilis Archibald 1967	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Anabaena tanganyikae West 1907	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Anabaena tenericaulis Nygaard 1949	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Anabaena thermalis Vouk 1916	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Anabaena torquesreginae Komárek 1984	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Anabaena toruloides Archibald 1967	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Anabaena torulosa Lagerheim ex Bornet and Flahault 1886	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Anabaena tschujskaja Obuchova 1965	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Anabaena tsugaruensis Watanabe 2006	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Anabaena turkestanica (Kiselev 1931) Komárek 2005	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Anabaena ucrainica (Schkorbatow 1923) Watanabe 1996	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Anabaena unispora Gardner 1927	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Anabaena utermoehlii Geitler 1925	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Anabaena vaginicola Fritsch and Rich 1929	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Anabaena variabilis Kützing ex Bornet and Flahault 1886	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Anabaena vaucheriae Jao 1948	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Anabaena verrucosa Petersen 1923	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Anabaena viguieri Denis and Frémy 1924	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Anabaena volzii Lemmermann 1905	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Anabaena werneri Brunnthaler 1903	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Anabaena willei Gardner 1927	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Anabaena zinserlingii Kossinskaja 1929	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym

Parent taxon: Aphanizomenaceae corrig. Elenkin 1938

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