Genus Glaucospira

Name: Glaucospira Lagerheim 1892

Category, proposed as: genus, gen. nov.

Etymology: Glau.co.spi’ra. L. masc. adj. glaucus, bluish gray; Gr. fem. n. speîra, a spiral; N.L. fem. n. Glaucospira, a bluish-gray spiral

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): feminine (stem: Glaucospir-), gla͡u-ko-SPI-ra

Type species: Glaucospira agilissima Lagerheim 1892

Valid publication: Lagerheim G. Notiz über phycochromhaltige Spirochaeten. Berichte der deutschen Botanischen Gesellschaft 1892; 10:364-365.

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Qlaucospira".

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 4
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 4
Total number of child taxa: 4

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Glaucospira agilissima Lagerheim 1892	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Glaucospira laxissima (West 1907) Simić et al. 2014	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Glaucospira tenuior Lagerheim 1892	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Glaucospira yellowstonensis Copeland 1936	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name

Parent taxon: Spirulinaceae (Gomont 1892) Hoffmann et al. 2005

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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Record number: 6449