Name: Macrospermum Komárek 2008

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Ma.cro.sper’mum. Gr. masc. adj. makros, large; Gr. neut. n. sperma, seed; N.L. neut. n. Macrospermum, an organism with large seeds

Gender: neuter (stem: Macrosperm-)

Type species: Macrospermum volzii (Lemmermann 1905) Komárek 2008

Valid publication: Komárek J. The cyanobacterial genus Macrospermum. Fottea 2008; 8:79-86.

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Komarek et al. (2014) assigned this genus to the family Nostocaceae Eichler 1886. Publication: Komárek J, Kaštovský J, Mareš J, Johansen JR. Taxonomic classification of cyanoprokaryotes (cyanobacterial genera) 2014, using a polyphasic approach. Preslia 2014; 86:295-335.
  • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Anabaena Bory ex Bornet and Flahault 1886. Publication: Lemmermann E. Über die von Herrn Dr. Walter Volz auf seiner Weltreise gesammelten Süsswasseralgen. Abhandlungen herausgegeben vom Naturwissenschaftlichen Verein zu Bremen 1905; 18:143-174.
  • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Aphanizomenon Morren ex Bornet and Flahault 1886. Publication: Komárek J. Sobre las cianofíceas de Cuba: (1) Aphanozomenon volzii: (2) species de Fortiea. Acta Bot. Cubana 1984; 18:9.

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
    Macrospermum fuellebornii (Schmidle 1903) Komárek 2008	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Macrospermum mysorense (Gonzalves and Kamat 1959) Komárek 2008	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Macrospermum unisporum (Gardner 1927) Komárek 2008	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Macrospermum volzii (Lemmermann 1905) Komárek 2008	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name

Parent taxon: Aphanizomenaceae corrig. Elenkin 1938

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: 6250