Genus Macrospermum

Name: Macrospermum Komárek 2008

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: N.L. neut. n. Macrospermum

Gender: neuter

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:
- 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.

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: Nostocaceae Eichler 1886

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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Record number: 6250