Name: "Oscillaria" Bosc 1803

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Os.cil.la’ri.a. L. neut. n. oscillum, a swing; N.L. fem. n. Oscillaria, a swinging organism

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): feminine (stem: Oscillari-), os-kil-LA-ri-a

Type species: "Oscillaria princeps" (Vaucher 1803) Bosc 1803

Original publication: Bosc LAG. NOUVEAU DICTIONNAIRE D’HISTOIRE NATURELLE. Nouv. Dict. Hist. Nat. 1803; 16:417.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Oscillaria Bosc ex Engler 1892

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Oscillaria Bosc ex Engler 1892	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the order "Oscillariaceae" Bennett and Murray 1889. Publication: Bennett AW, Murray G. A handbook of cryptogamic botany. Longmans, Green & Co., London, 1889.
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the order "Oscillariales" corrig. Bennett and Murray 1889. Publication: Bennett AW, Murray G. A handbook of cryptogamic botany. Longmans, Green & Co., London, 1889.
  • 🧕 Bennett and Murray (1889) assigned this genus to the order "Oscillariales" corrig. Bennett and Murray 1889. Publication: Bennett AW, Murray G. A handbook of cryptogamic botany. Longmans, Green & Co., London, 1889.
  • 🧕 Bennett and Murray (1889) assigned this genus to the subclass Nostocophycidae corrig. Bennett and Murray 1889. Publication: Bennett AW, Murray G. A handbook of cryptogamic botany. Longmans, Green & Co., London, 1889.
  • 🚂 For the type species of this genus another name is in use, which is affiliated with the genus Oscillatoria Vaucher ex Gomont 1892. Publication: Gomont M. Monographie des Oscillariées (Nostocacées Homocystées). Deuxième partie. - Lyngbyées. Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Botanique, Série 7 1892; 16:91-264.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Gsvillaria"; "Oacillaria"; "Ogcillaria"; "Onscillaria"; "Osciflaria"; "Oscilaria"; "Oscilatria"; "Osciliaria"; "Oscillaiia"; "Oscillamria"; "Oscillaris"; "Oscillarla"; "Oscillarna"; "Oscillawia"; "Oscillawria"; "Oscilleria"; "Oscillnria"; "Oscillraia"; "Oscillsria"; "Oscilluria"; "Oscitlaria"; "Osecillaria"; "Oseillaria"; "Ossillaria"; "Ovillaria"; "Oxcillaria"; "Pscillaria"; "Qscillaria".
  • 🧍 According to Komarek and Golubic (1990) originally assigned to Cyanobacteria but probably pre-starting-point orth. var. of Oscillatoria Vaucher ex Gomont, 1892. Publication: Komarek J, Golubic S. Guide to the Nomenclature and formal taxonomic treatment of oxyphototroph prokaryotes (Cyanoprokaryotes). Unknown Publisher, Unknown City, 1990.
  • 🧍 Illegitimate according to Silva (1980). Publication: Silva PC. Names of classes and families of living algae with special reference to their use in the Index Nominum Genericorum (Plantarum). Bohn, Scheltema & Holkema, Utrecht, 1980.
  • 🧍 Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "OSLR" for this genus name but this does not appear to be of practical relevance any longer. Publication: Pittman KF, Walczak CA, Lock CM. Codes and abbreviations for approved of effectively published names of genera of bacteria published from January 1980 to December 1990. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1991; 41:571-579.
  • 🧍 See also Engler (1892). Publication: Engler A. Syllabus der Vorlesung über specielle und medicinisch-pharmaceutische Botanik. Eine Übersicht über das gesamte Pflanzensystem mit Berücksichtigung der Medicinl- und Nutzpflanzen. Gebrüder Bontraeger, Berlin, 1892.

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: 17

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Oscillaria corallinae" (Kützing 1849) Gomont 1890	inaccurate spelling	misspelling
    "Oscillaria curviceps" (Agardh 1824) Gomont 1890	not validly published	preferred name
    "Oscillaria dasynema" Welwitsch 1946	not validly published	preferred name
    "Oscillaria diffusa" Farlow 1889	not validly published	preferred name
    "Oscillaria foveolarum" (Montagne 1849) Hansgirg 1887	not validly published	preferred name
    "Oscillaria fuscoatra" Hauck 1888	not validly published	preferred name
    "Oscillaria laminosa" Welwitsch 1946	not validly published	synonym
    "Oscillaria lineolata" Ardissone 1886	not validly published	preferred name
    "Oscillaria membranacea" Bory 1827	not validly published	preferred name
    "Oscillaria oceanica" Crouan and Crouan 1892	not validly published	preferred name
    "Oscillaria princeps" (Vaucher 1803) Bosc 1803	not validly published	synonym
    "Oscillaria rupicola" Hansgirg 1890	not validly published	synonym
    "Oscillaria simplicissima" Viret 1908	not validly published	preferred name
    "Oscillaria smaragdina" Bory 1827	not validly published	preferred name
    "Oscillaria tigrina" Kützing 1845	not validly published	preferred name
    "Oscillaria urbica" Bory 1827	not validly published	preferred name
    "Oscillaria vibrionides" Bory 1827	not validly published	preferred name

Parent taxon: Oscillatoriaceae Engler 1898

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. — Komarek J, Golubic S. Guide to the Nomenclature and formal taxonomic treatment of oxyphototroph prokaryotes (Cyanoprokaryotes). Unknown Publisher, Unknown City, 1990.

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Record number: 6533