Name: Arthrospira Stizenberger ex Gomont 1892
Etymology: Gr. fem. n. speîra; N.L. fem. n. Arthrospira, a cyanobacterial genus
Gender: feminine (stem: Arthrospir-)
Type species: Arthrospira miniata Stitzenberger ex Gomont 1892
Valid publication: Gomont M. Monographie des Oscillariées (Nostocacées Homocystées) deuxiéme partie -Lyngbyées. Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Botanique, Série 7 1892; 16:91-264.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
Taxonomic status: correct name
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 3
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 7
Total number of child taxa: 10
Name | Nomenclatural status | Taxonomic status |
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Arthrospira curta Lemmermann 1908 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | synonym |
"Arthrospira erdosensis" Zhang et al. 2022 | not validly published | |
Arthrospira funiformis Vouk 1915 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | synonym |
Arthrospira fusiformis (Woronichin 1934) Komárek and Lund 1990 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | synonym |
Arthrospira laxissima Setchell 1924 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
Arthrospira maxima Setchell and Gardner 1917 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | synonym |
Arthrospira miniata Stitzenberger ex Gomont 1892 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
"Arthrospira nitrilium" Walter et al. 2017 | not validly published | |
Arthrospira platensis Gomont 1892 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
"Arthrospira sesilensis" Walter et al. 2017 | not validly published |
Parent taxon: Microcoleaceae Komárek et al. 2014
Assigned by: Komárek J, Kaštovský J, Mareš J, Johansen JR. Taxonomic classification of cyanoprokaryotes (cyanobacterial genera) 2014, using a polyphasic approach. Preslia 2014; 86:295-335.
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Record number: 6342