Name: "Cyanospira" Florenzano et al. 1985

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Gr. fem. n. speîra; N.L. fem. n. Cyanospira

Gender: feminine (stem: Cyanospir-)

Type species: "Cyanospira rippkae" Florenzano et al. 1985

Original publication: Florenzano G, Sili C, Pelosi E, Vincenzini M. Cyanospira rippkae and Cyanospira capsulata (gen. nov. and spp. nov.): new filamentous heterocystous cyanobacteria from Magadi lake (Kenya). Archives of Microbiology 1985; 140:301-306.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

• Notes:
  • 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.
  • 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 and Golubic (1990) assigned this genus to the subfamily "Anabaenoideae". Publication: Komarek J, Golubic S. Guide to the Nomenclature and formal taxonomic treatment of oxyphototroph prokaryotes (Cyanoprokaryotes). Unknown Publisher, Unknown City, 1990.
  • This taxon name is occasionally misprinted in some sources as: "Cyanosfrira"; "Cynospira"; "Eyanospira".
  • Full authorship: Florenzano, Sili, Pelosi and Vincenzini 1985.
  • Komarek and Golubic (1990) regard this name as a invalid (nomen nudum). Publication: Komarek J, Golubic S. Guide to the Nomenclature and formal taxonomic treatment of oxyphototroph prokaryotes (Cyanoprokaryotes). Unknown Publisher, Unknown City, 1990.
  • Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "CYSP" 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: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 0
Total number of child taxa: 2

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Cyanospira capsulata" Florenzano et al. 1985	not validly published
    "Cyanospira rippkae" Florenzano et al. 1985	not validly published

Parent taxon: [Aphanizomenonaceae]

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