Name: "Dolichospermum" Thwaites ex Ralfs 1850

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

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

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

Type species: "Dolichospermum thwaitesii" Ralfs 1850

Original publication: Ralfs J. On the Nostochineae. Ann. Nat. Hist. Ser. 2 1850; 3:321-343.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

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

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Dolichospermum (Ralfs ex Bornet and Flahault 1886) Wacklin et al. 2009	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)

• Notes:
  • 🧕 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 (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Dalichospermum"; "Dolichopsermum"; "Dolichosper"; "Dolichospremum".

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: 4

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Dolichospermum hangangense" Choi and Han 2018	not validly published	synonym
    "Dolichospermum tenericaule" (Nygaard 1949) Zapomělová et al. 2012	not validly published	synonym
    "Dolichospermum thompsonii" Ralfs 1850	not validly published	preferred name
    "Dolichospermum thwaitesii" Ralfs 1850	not validly published	preferred name

Parent taxon: Aphanizomenaceae corrig. Elenkin 1938

Assigned by: LPSN automated production system. The following publication is only one of the sources consulted. It may or may not mention this taxon name. — 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: 18113