Name: Arthrospira Stizenberger ex Gomont 1892
Etymology: Ar.thro.spi’ra. Gr. neut. n. arthron, joint; Gr. fem. n. speîra, a spiral; N.L. fem. n. Arthrospira, a jointed spiral
Gender, pronunciation (Latin): feminine (stem: Arthrospir-), ar-thro-SPI-ra
Type species: Arthrospira jenneri Stizenberger ex Gomont 1892
Valid publication: Gomont M. Monographie des Oscillariées (Nostocacées Homocystées) deuxième 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
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Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 23
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 40
Total number of child taxa: 45
| Name | Nomenclatural status | Taxonomic status |
|---|---|---|
| Arthrospira ardissonei corrig. (Cohn ex Rabenhorst 1865) Forti 1907 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
| Arthrospira ardissonii (Cohn ex Rabenhorst 1865) Forti 1907 | inaccurate spelling (ICN [Botanical Code]) | misspelling |
| Arthrospira argentina (Frenguelli 1937) Guarrera and Kühnemann 1949 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
| Arthrospira balkrishnanii Kamat 1963 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
| Arthrospira braunii (Kützing 1863) Crow 1927 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), illegitimate name | synonym |
| Arthrospira braunii (Kützing 1863) Forti 1907 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
| Arthrospira breviarticulata Setchell and Gardner 1918 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | synonym |
| Arthrospira brevis (Kützing ex Gomont 1892) Drouet 1968 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), illegitimate name, later homonym | synonym |
| Arthrospira brevis Wang 1933 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
| Arthrospira curta Lemmermann 1908 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | synonym |
| Arthrospira desikacharyiensis Vasishta 1962 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
| "Arthrospira erdosensis" Papapanagiotou and Gkelis 2019 | not validly published | preferred name |
| 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 gomontiana Setchell 1895 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | synonym |
| Arthrospira jenneri Stizenberger ex Gomont 1892 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
| Arthrospira joshii Vasishta 1964 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
| Arthrospira khannae Drouet and Strickland 1942 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
| Arthrospira laxa (Smith 1916) Crow 1927 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | synonym |
| Arthrospira laxissima Setchell 1924 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | synonym |
| Arthrospira leopoliensis Raciborski 1910 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | synonym |
| Arthrospira major (Kützing 1843) Crow 1927 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
| Arthrospira massartii Kufferath 1914 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | synonym |
| Arthrospira maxima Setchell and Gardner 1917 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | synonym |
| Arthrospira meneghiniana (Zanardini 1840) Crow 1927 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
| Arthrospira miniata Hauck ex Gomont 1892 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | synonym |
| Arthrospira naegeli (Brügger 1863) Forti 1907 | inaccurate spelling (ICN [Botanical Code]) | misspelling |
| Arthrospira naegelii corrig. (Brügger 1863) Forti 1907 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
| Arthrospira neapolitana (Gomont 1892) Drouet 1969 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
| "Arthrospira nitrilium" Walter et al. 2017 | not validly published | preferred name |
| Arthrospira nordstedtii (Gomont 1892) Crow 1927 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
| Arthrospira oceanica (Crouan and Crouan 1854) Crow 1927 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
| Arthrospira okensis Meyer 1926 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | synonym |
| Arthrospira pellucida Wang 1933 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
| Arthrospira platensis Gomont 1892 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | synonym |
| Arthrospira santannae Komárek and Komárková-Legnerová 2007 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
| "Arthrospira sesilensis" Walter et al. 2017 | not validly published | preferred name |
| Arthrospira setchellii De Toni f. 1934 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), illegitimate name | synonym |
| Arthrospira skujae Magrin et al. 1997 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
| Arthrospira spirulinoides Ghose 1924 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | synonym |
| Arthrospira subsalsa (Oersted 1842) Crow 1927 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
| Arthrospira subtilissima (Kützing 1843) Crow 1927 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
| Arthrospira tenuis Brühl and Biswas 1922 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
| Arthrospira tenuissima (Kützing 1836) Crow 1927 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
| Arthrospira versicolor (Cohn ex Rabenhorst 1865) Crow 1927 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
Parent taxon: Microcoleaceae (Hansgirg 1892) Strunecký et al. 2013
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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