Name: Cylindrospermopsis Seenayya and Subba Raju 1972

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Cy.lin.dro.sperm.op’sis. N.L. neut. n. Cylindrospermum, a cyanobacterial genus; Gr. fem. n. opsis, aspect, appearance; N.L. fem. n. Cylindrospermopsis, that which appears similar to Cylindrospermum

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): feminine (stem: Cylindrospermopsid-), ky-lin-dro-sperm-OP-sis

Type species: Cylindrospermopsis raciborskii (Wołoszyńska 1912) Seenayya and Subba Raju 1972

Valid publication: Seenayya G, Subba Raju N. On the Ecology and Systematic Position of the Alga known as Anabaenopsis raciborskii (Wolosz.) Elenk. and a Critical Evaluation of the Forms Described under Genus Anabaenopsis. In: Desikachary TV (eds), Taxonomy and Biology of Blue-green Algae, University of Madras, Madras, 1972, p. 52-57.

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

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Raphidiopsis Fritsch and Rich 1929

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Raphidiopsis Fritsch and Rich 1929	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)

• 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, Kastovsky J. System of cyanoprokaryotes (cyanobacteria) - state in 2004. Algological Studies 2005; 117:95-115. 🇱🇺
  • 🚂 For the type species of this genus another name is in use, which is affiliated with the genus Raphidiopsis Fritsch and Rich 1929. Publication: Aguilera A, Berrendero Gómez E, Kastovsky J, Echenique RO, Salerno GL. The polyphasic analysis of two native Raphidiopsis isolates supports the unification of the genera Raphidiopsis and Cylindrospermopsis (Nostocales, Cyanobacteria). Phycologia 2018; 57:130-146. 🇦🇷
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Cilindrospermopsis"; "Cjilindrospeflnopsis"; "Cjzlindrospeflnopsis"; "Crlindrospermopsis"; "Cvlindrospermopsis"; "Cylindospermopsis"; "Cylindroapermopsia"; "Cylindrospemnopsis"; "Cylindrospennapsis"; "Cylindrospennopsis"; "Cylindrospermapsis"; "Cylindrospermonsir"; "Cylindrospermopais"; "Cylindrospermopsix"; "Cylindrospermosis"; "Cylindrospermospis"; "Cylindrospermupsis"; "Cylindrosperrnopsis"; "Cylindrospmnopsis"; "Cylindroxpemmpsis"; "Cylindroxpemwpsis"; "Cylondrospermopsis"; "Gylindrospermopsis"; "Oylindrospermopsis".
  • ❗ Cylindrospermopsis is the correct name instead if this genus is regarded as a separate genus (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another genus whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority).
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: FCME: 1.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 10
Total number of child taxa: 11

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Cylindrospermopsis acuminatocrispa Couté and Bouvy 2004	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Cylindrospermopsis africana Komárek and Kling 1991	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Cylindrospermopsis catemaco Komárková-Legnerová and Tavera 1996	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Cylindrospermopsis curvispora Watanabe 1995	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Cylindrospermopsis cuspis Komárek and Kling 1991	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    "Cylindrospermopsis gangetica" (Nair 1967) Komárek 2012	not validly published	synonym
    Cylindrospermopsis helicoidea Cronberg and Komárek 2004	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	orphaned species
    Cylindrospermopsis philippinensis (Taylor 1932) Komárek 1984	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Cylindrospermopsis raciborskii (Wołoszyńska 1912) Seenayya and Subba Raju 1972	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Cylindrospermopsis sinuosa Couté et al. 2004	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Cylindrospermopsis taverae Komárek and Komárková-Legnerová 2002	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym

Parent taxon: Aphanizomenaceae corrig. Elenkin 1938

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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