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Name: Limnospira Nowicka-Krawczyk et al. 2019
Etymology: Lim’no.spi.ra. Gr. fem. n. limnê, lake, lagoon (λίμνη); Gr. fem. n. speîra, spiral (σπείρα); N.L. fem. n. Limnospira, the generic name refers to the morphology of trichomes and typical habitat, i.e. lakes
Gender: feminine (stem: Limnospir-)
Type species: Limnospira fusiformis (Woronichin 1934) Nowicka-Krawczyk et al. 2019
Valid publication:
Nowicka-Krawczyk P, Muhlsteinova R, Hauer T. Detailed characterization of the Arthrospira type species separating commercially grown taxa into the new genus Limnospira (Cyanobacteria). Sci Rep 2019; 9:694.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
Taxonomic status: correct name
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 2
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 5
Total number of child taxa: 6
Name | Nomenclatural status | Taxonomic status |
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Limnospira fusiformis (Woronichin 1934) Nowicka-Krawczyk et al. 2019 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | synonym |
Limnospira indica (Desikachary and Jeeji Bai 1992) Nowicka-Krawczyk et al. 2019 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | synonym |
Limnospira maxima (Setchell and Gardner 1917) Nowicka-Krawczyk et al. 2019 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
Limnospira platensis (Gomont 1892) Pinchart et al. 2024 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), illegitimate name | synonym |
"Limnospira platensis" (Gomont 1892) Nowicka-Krawczyk et al. 2019 | not validly published | synonym |
Limnospira platensis (Gomont 1892) Santos and Hentschke 2023 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
Parent taxon: Microcoleaceae (Hansgirg 1892) Strunecký et al. 2013
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: 6287