Name: Dolichospermum (Ralfs ex Bornet and Flahault 1886) Wacklin et al. 2009

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Do.li.cho.sper’mum. N.L. neut. n. Dolichospermum, an organism with long seeds

Gender, pronunciation: neuter (stem: Dolichosperm-), do-li-k^ho-SPER-mum

Type species: Dolichospermum flosaquae (Brébisson ex Bornet and Flahault 1886) Wacklin et al. 2009

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Wacklin P, Hoffmann L, Komárek J. Nomenclatural validation of the genetically revised cyanobacterial genus Dolichospermum (RALFS ex BORNET et FLAHAULT) comb. nova. Fottea 2009; 9:59-64.

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Dolichospermum" Thwaites ex Ralfs 1850	homotypic synonym, not validly published

• Notes:
  • 🧕 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.
  • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Anabaena Bory ex Bornet and Flahault 1886. 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.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Dalichospermum"; "Dolichopsermum"; "Dolichosper"; "Dolichospremum".
  • 💁 Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Kozlikova-Zapomelova et al. (2016). 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: 1; CBFS: 1.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 44
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 45
Total number of child taxa: 57

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Dolichospermum affine corrig. (Lemmermann 1897) Wacklin et al. 2009	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Dolichospermum affinis (Lemmermann 1897) Wacklin et al. 2009	inaccurate spelling (ICN [Botanical Code])	misspelling
    Dolichospermum akankoense corrig. (Watanabe 2003) Wacklin et al. 2009	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Dolichospermum akankoensis (Watanabe 2003) Wacklin et al. 2009	inaccurate spelling (ICN [Botanical Code])	misspelling
    Dolichospermum arcticum (Kiselev 1932) Wacklin et al. 2009	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Dolichospermum berezowskii (Usačev 1928) Wacklin et al. 2009	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Dolichospermum bituri (Cronberg and Komárek 2004) Wacklin et al. 2009	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Dolichospermum bothae corrig. (Welsh 1961) Wacklin et al. 2009	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Dolichospermum bothai (Welsh 1961) Wacklin et al. 2009	inaccurate spelling (ICN [Botanical Code])	misspelling
    Dolichospermum brachiatum McGregor and Sendall 2021	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Dolichospermum caspicum (Ostenfeld 1902) Wacklin et al. 2009	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Dolichospermum circinale corrig. (Rabenhorst ex Bornet and Flahault 1886) Wacklin et al. 2009	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Dolichospermum circinalis (Rabenhorst ex Bornet and Flahault 1886) Wacklin et al. 2009	inaccurate spelling (ICN [Botanical Code])	misspelling
    Dolichospermum citrisporum (Watanabe 1992) Wacklin et al. 2009	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Dolichospermum compactum (Nygaard 1945) Wacklin et al. 2009	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Dolichospermum crassum (Lemmermann 1898) Wacklin et al. 2009	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    "Dolichospermum curvum" (Hill 1976) Wacklin et al. 2009	not validly published	preferred name
    Dolichospermum danicum (Nygaard 1949) Wacklin et al. 2009	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Dolichospermum delicatulum (Lemmermann 1898) Wacklin et al. 2009	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Dolichospermum ellipsoides (Bolokhontsev ex Woronichin 1931) Wacklin et al. 2009	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Dolichospermum fallax (Komárek and Komárková-Legnerová 2002) Wacklin et al. 2009	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Dolichospermum farciminiforme corrig. (Cronberg and Komárková 1988) Wacklin et al. 2009	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Dolichospermum farciminiformis (Cronberg and Komárková 1988) Wacklin et al. 2009	inaccurate spelling (ICN [Botanical Code])	misspelling
    Dolichospermum flosaquae (Brébisson ex Bornet and Flahault 1886) Wacklin et al. 2009	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    "Dolichospermum fusca" (Hill 1976) Wacklin et al. 2009	inaccurate spelling	misspelling
    "Dolichospermum fuscum" corrig. (Hill 1976) Wacklin et al. 2009	not validly published	preferred name
    Dolichospermum halbfassii (Bachmann 1913) Wacklin et al. 2009	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Dolichospermum hangangense Choi and Han 2020	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Dolichospermum helicoideum (Bernard 1908) Wacklin et al. 2009	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Dolichospermum heterosporum (Nygaard 1949) Wacklin et al. 2009	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Dolichospermum jacuticum (Kiselev 1932) Wacklin et al. 2009	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Dolichospermum lemmermannii (Richter 1903) Wacklin et al. 2009	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Dolichospermum longicellulare corrig. (Pankow 1965) Wacklin et al. 2009	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Dolichospermum longicellularis (Pankow 1965) Wacklin et al. 2009	inaccurate spelling (ICN [Botanical Code])	misspelling
    Dolichospermum macrosporum (Klebahn 1895) Wacklin et al. 2009	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Dolichospermum maximum (Cronberg and Komárek 2004) Wacklin et al. 2009	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Dolichospermum mendotae (Trelease 1889) Wacklin et al. 2009	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Dolichospermum minisporum (Watanabe 1998) Tuji and Niiyama 2012	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Dolichospermum mucosum (Komárková-Legnerová and Eloranta 1992) Wacklin et al. 2009	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Dolichospermum nathii (Vasishta 1960) Wacklin et al. 2009	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    "Dolichospermum nygaardii" (Cronberg and Komárek 2004) Wacklin et al. 2009	not validly published	preferred name
    "Dolichospermum perturbatum" (Hill 1976) Wacklin et al. 2009	not validly published	preferred name
    Dolichospermum planctonicum (Brunnthaler 1903) Wacklin et al. 2009	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Dolichospermum pseudocompactum (Watanabe 1996) Wacklin et al. 2009	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Dolichospermum sigmoideum (Nygaard 1949) Wacklin et al. 2009	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Dolichospermum skujaelaxum (Komárek and Zapomělová 2007) Wacklin et al. 2009	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Dolichospermum smithii (Komárek 1958) Wacklin et al. 2009	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Dolichospermum solitarium (Klebahn 1895) Wacklin et al. 2009	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Dolichospermum spiroides (Klebahn 1895) Wacklin et al. 2009	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Dolichospermum tenericaule (Nygaard 1949) Zapomělová et al. 2013	inaccurate spelling (ICN [Botanical Code])	misspelling
    Dolichospermum tenericaulis corrig. (Nygaard 1949) Zapomělová et al. 2013	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Dolichospermum torquesreginae (Komárek 1984) Wacklin et al. 2009	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Dolichospermum ucrainicum (Schkorbatow 1923) Tuji and Niiyama 2012	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Dolichospermum uruguayense Kozlíková-Zapomělová et al. 2016	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Dolichospermum viguieri (Denis and Frémy 1924) Wacklin et al. 2009	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Dolichospermum werneri (Brunnthaler 1903) Wacklin et al. 2009	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Dolichospermum zinserlingii (Kossinskaja 1929) Wacklin et al. 2009	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name

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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