Name: Oscillatoria Vaucher ex Gomont 1892

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: L. neut. n. oscillum, a swing; N.L. fem. n. Oscillatoria, type genus of the order

Gender: feminine (stem: Oscillatori-)

Type species: Oscillatoria princeps Vaucher ex Gomont 1892

Valid publication: Gomont M. Monographie des Oscillariées (Nostocacées Homocystées) deuxiéme partie -Lyngbyées. Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Botanique, Série 7 1892; 16:91-264.

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Trichophorus" Palisot de Beauvois ex Desvaux 1809	homotypic synonym, not validly published

• Notes:
  • Nomenclatural type of the family Oscillatoriaceae Engler 1898. Publication: Engler A. Syllabus der Pflanzenfamilien. Vol. 2. Unknown Publisher, Berlin, 1898.
  • Nomenclatural type of the order Oscillatoriales Schaffner 1922. Publication: Schaffner JH. The classification of plants XII. Ohio Journal of Science 1922; 22:129-139.
  • Nomenclatural type of the order Oscillatoriales Cavalier-Smith 2002. Publication: Cavalier-Smith T. The neomuran origin of archaebacteria, the negibacterial root of the universal tree and bacterial megaclassification. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:7-76.
  • Nomenclatural type of the subclass "Oscillatoriophycidae" Hoffmann et al. 2005. Publication: Hoffmann L, Komárek J, Kastovsky J. System of cyanoprokaryotes (cyanobacteria) - state in 2004. Algological Studies 2005; 117:95-115.
  • Boone et al. (2001) assigned this genus to the class "Cyanobacteria". Publication: Garrity GM, Holt JG. The Road Map to the Manual. In: Boone DR, Castenholz RW, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, second edition, vol. 1 (The Archaea and the deeply branching and phototrophic Bacteria), Springer-Verlag, New York, 2001, p. 119-166.
  • Komarek and Golubic (1990) assigned this genus to the subfamily "Phormidioideae". Publication: Komarek J, Golubic S. Guide to the Nomenclature and formal taxonomic treatment of oxyphototroph prokaryotes (Cyanoprokaryotes). Unknown Publisher, Unknown City, 1990.
  • The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus "Trichophorus" Palisot de Beauvois ex Desvaux 1809. Publication: Desvaux NN. [Title pending]. J. Bot. 1809; 2:309.
  • This taxon name is occasionally misprinted in some sources as: "Cscillatoria"; "Gscillatoria"; "Oacillatorla"; "Ocillatoria"; "Oecillatoria"; "Oesillatoria"; "Onmcillatoria"; "Osaillataria"; "Osciflamria"; "Osciilatoria"; "Oscilatoria"; "Osciliatoria"; "Oscillaforia"; "Oscillaioria"; "Oscillakwia"; "Oscillalaria"; "Oscillalcria"; "Oscillaleria"; "Oscillaloria"; "Oscillarieis"; "Oscillariis"; "Oscillaroria"; "Oscillataria"; "Oscillatcria"; "Oscillatctria"; "Oscillateria"; "Oscillatmia"; "Oscillatmria"; "Oscillatnria"; "Oscillatoda"; "Oscillatofia"; "Oscillaton"; "Oscillatona"; "Oscillatora"; "Oscillatorla"; "Oscillatorta"; "Oscillatovia"; "Oscillaturia"; "Oscillazoria"; "Oscillitoria"; "Oscillnloria"; "Oscillntoria"; "Oscillotoria"; "Oscilluloria"; "Oscillutnria"; "Oscillutoria"; "Oscillvtoria"; "Osciltamria"; "Osciltaria"; "Osciltatoria"; "Oscinatoria"; "Oscitlatoria"; "Oscittatoria"; "Osclliatoria"; "Osclllatoria"; "Osctllatoria"; "Oscullatoria"; "Osczllatoria"; "Osdllatoria"; "Osecillatoria"; "Oseillaloria"; "Oseillateria"; "Oseillatoria"; "Oseiltatoria"; "Oserllatoria"; "Osetllatoria"; "Osocillatoria"; "Osoillatoria"; "Osrillatoria"; "Ossiliatoria"; "Ostillatoria"; "Oxciiloloria"; "Qscillaloria"; "Qscillatoria"; "Scillatoria"; "Uscillaloria".
  • This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP. Publication: Imhoff JF, Wilmotte A. International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes. Subcommittee on the Taxonomy of Phototrophic Bacteria: Minutes of the meetings, 4 August 2015, Tubingen, Germany. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5211.
  • The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: NIES: 4; NIVA-CYA: 2; CCALA: 2; CCAP: 2; ATCC: 1.
  • Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "OSLT" 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.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 29
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 151
Total number of child taxa: 163

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Oscillatoria acuiformis Skuja 1948	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Oscillatoria acula Brühl and Biswas 1923	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Oscillatoria acuminata Gomont 1892	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Oscillatoria acutissima Kufferath 1914	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Oscillatoria additicia Gardner 1932	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    "Oscillatoria aeruginosa" Agardh 1817	not validly published
    Oscillatoria agardhii Gomont 1892	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    "Oscillatoria alba" Vaucher 1803	not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists
    Oscillatoria amoena Gomont 1892	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Oscillatoria amphibia Agardh ex Gomont 1892	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Oscillatoria amphigranulata Van Goor 1918	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Oscillatoria anguiformis (González Guerrero 1946) Anagnostidis 2001	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Oscillatoria angusta Koppe 1923	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Oscillatoria angustissima West and West 1897	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Oscillatoria animalis Agardh ex Gomont 1892	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Oscillatoria anomala Bharadwaja 1963	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Oscillatoria articulata Gardner 1927	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Oscillatoria batrachospermorum Skuja 1964	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Oscillatoria beggiatoiformis Gomont 1892	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Oscillatoria bonnemaisonii Crouan and Crouan ex Gomont 1892	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Oscillatoria boryana Bory ex Gomont 1892	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Oscillatoria bourrellyi Lund 1955	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Oscillatoria brevis Kützing ex Gomont 1892	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Oscillatoria caerulescens Gicklhorn 1921	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Oscillatoria carboniciphila Prát 1929	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Oscillatoria carotinosa Geitler 1956	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Oscillatoria cavanillesiana González Guerrero 1946	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Oscillatoria chalybea Mertens ex Gomont 1892	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Oscillatoria chlorina Kützing ex Gomont 1892	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Oscillatoria claricentrosa Gardner 1927	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Oscillatoria conformis Welsh 1964	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Oscillatoria constricta Szafer 1910	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Oscillatoria corallinae Gomont ex Gomont 1892	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Oscillatoria cortiana Meneghini ex Gomont 1892	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Oscillatoria crassa (Rao 1938) Anagnostidis 2001	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Oscillatoria crassivaginata Claus 1962	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Oscillatoria curviceps Agardh ex Gomont 1892	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Oscillatoria decolorata West 1899	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Oscillatoria deflexa West and West 1911	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Oscillatoria deflexoides Elenkin and Kossinskaja 1949	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Oscillatoria depauperata (Copeland 1936) Anagnostidis 2001	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Oscillatoria difficilis Welsh 1964	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Oscillatoria dudichiana Claus 1955	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Oscillatoria earlei Gardner 1927	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Oscillatoria erythraea (Ehrenberg ex Gomont 1892) Geitler 1932	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Oscillatoria euboeica Anagnostidis 2001	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Oscillatoria exilis Skuja 1964	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Oscillatoria exospira Skuja 1956	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Oscillatoria filiformis Copeland 1936	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Oscillatoria foreaui Frémy 1942	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Oscillatoria formosa Bory ex Gomont 1892	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Oscillatoria funiformis (Vouk 1915) Komárek 2001	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Oscillatoria gebhardtiana Claus 1962	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Oscillatoria geitleri Frémy 1930	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), illegitimate name	synonym
    Oscillatoria geminata Schwabe ex Gomont 1892	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Oscillatoria gracilis Böcher 1949	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Oscillatoria granulata Gardner 1927	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Oscillatoria griseoviolacea Skuja 1956	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Oscillatoria grunowiana Gomont 1892	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Oscillatoria guttulata van Goor 1918	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Oscillatoria hamelii Frémy 1930	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Oscillatoria hameloides Archibald 1967	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Oscillatoria hiemalis Jaag 1938	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Oscillatoria homogenea Frémy 1930	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Oscillatoria indica Silva 1996	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Oscillatoria insignis Skuja 1956	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Oscillatoria ionica Skuja 1937	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Oscillatoria irrigua Kützing ex Gomont 1892	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Oscillatoria jasorvensis Vouk 1919	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    "Oscillatoria jenneri" (Hassall 1845) Bourrelly 1970	not validly published
    Oscillatoria jovis Copeland 1936	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Oscillatoria kisselevii Anissimova 1949	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Oscillatoria koettlitzii Fritsch 1912	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Oscillatoria koprophila Skuja 1948	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    "Oscillatoria kuetzingiana" Kützing ex Gomont 1892	not validly published
    Oscillatoria lachneri Zimmermann 1927	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Oscillatoria lacussolaris Campbell and Golubic 1985	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Oscillatoria laetevirens Crouan and Crouan ex Gomont 1892	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Oscillatoria lanceaeformis Kalbe 1963	inaccurate spelling (ICN [Botanical Code])	misspelling
    Oscillatoria lanceiformis corrig. Kalbe 1963	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Oscillatoria lauterbornii Schmidle 1901	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Oscillatoria leavittae Buell 1938	inaccurate spelling (ICN [Botanical Code])	misspelling
    Oscillatoria leavittiae corrig. Buell 1938	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Oscillatoria lemmermannii Wołoszyńska 1912	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Oscillatoria levis (Gardner 1927) Anagnostidis 2001	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Oscillatoria limnetica Lemmermann 1900	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Oscillatoria limosa Agardh ex Gomont 1892	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Oscillatoria lloydiana Gomont 1899	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Oscillatoria longearticulata Hansgirg ex Forti 1907	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), illegitimate name	synonym
    "Oscillatoria lutea" Agardh 1824	not validly published
    Oscillatoria maraaensis Setchell 1926	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Oscillatoria margaritifera Kützing ex Gomont 1892	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Oscillatoria martinii Frémy 1930	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Oscillatoria mauchana Claus 1962	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Oscillatoria meslinii Frémy 1930	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Oscillatoria minima Gicklhorn 1921	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Oscillatoria mirabilis Böcher 1949	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Oscillatoria miyadii Negoro 1943	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Oscillatoria nematodes Skuja 1964	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    "Oscillatoria nigra" Vaucher ex Gomont 1892	not validly published
    Oscillatoria nigroviridis Thwaites ex Gomont 1892	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Oscillatoria numidica Gomont 1892	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Oscillatoria obliqueacuminata Skuja 1956	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Oscillatoria obscura Brühl and Biswas 1922	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Oscillatoria okenii Agardh ex Gomont 1892	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Oscillatoria ornata Kützing ex Gomont 1892	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Oscillatoria pallida Böcher 1949	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Oscillatoria paucigranata Brühl and Biswas 1922	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Oscillatoria perfilievii Anissimova 1949	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Oscillatoria peronides Skuja 1937	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Oscillatoria perornata Skuja 1949	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Oscillatoria planctonica Wołoszyńska 1911	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    "Oscillatoria platensis" (Nordstedt 1884) Bourrelly 1970	not validly published
    Oscillatoria priestleyi West and West 1911	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Oscillatoria princeps Vaucher ex Gomont 1892	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Oscillatoria producta West and West 1911	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Oscillatoria profunda Schröter and Kirchner 1896	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Oscillatoria prolifica Gomont 1892	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Oscillatoria proteus Skuja 1949	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Oscillatoria pseudacutissima Geitler 1956	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Oscillatoria pseudocortiana Starmach 1973	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Oscillatoria pseudogeminata Schmid 1914	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Oscillatoria pseudominima Skuja 1956	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Oscillatoria quadripunctulata Brühl and Biswas 1922	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Oscillatoria quasiperforata Skuja 1939	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Oscillatoria raciborskii Wołoszyńska 1912	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Oscillatoria redekei Van Goor 1918	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Oscillatoria regelii Skuja 1937	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Oscillatoria rhamphoidea Anagnostidis 2001	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Oscillatoria rhodonema Skuja 1964	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Oscillatoria rosea Utermöhl 1925	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), illegitimate name, later homonym	in need of a replacement
    Oscillatoria rosea Batters 1896	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Oscillatoria rubescens De Candolle ex Gomont 1892	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    "Oscillatoria rupicola" Hansgirg ex Gomont 1892	not validly published
    Oscillatoria sakasitae Yoneda 1938	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Oscillatoria salina Alten 1913	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Oscillatoria sancta Kützing ex Gomont 1892	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Oscillatoria sandbergii Skuja 1964	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Oscillatoria schroederi Borge 1928	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Oscillatoria schultzii Lemmermann 1905	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Oscillatoria simplicissima Gomont 1892	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Oscillatoria spirulinoides Yoneda 1954	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Oscillatoria splendida Greville ex Gomont 1892	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Oscillatoria subbrevis Schmidle 1901	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Oscillatoria subcortiana Archibald 1967	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Oscillatoria subgeminata Archibald 1967	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Oscillatoria subproboscidea West and West 1911	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    "Oscillatoria subsalsa" Agardh 1824	not validly published
    "Oscillatoria subsalsa" (Oersted ex Gomont 1892) Bourrelly 1970	not validly published
    Oscillatoria subtilissima Kützing ex Forti 1907	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Oscillatoria subuliformis Thwaites ex Gomont 1892	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Oscillatoria tambi Woronichin 1926	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Oscillatoria tanganyikae West 1907	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Oscillatoria tenuis Agardh ex Gomont 1892	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Oscillatoria terebriformis Agardh ex Gomont 1892	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Oscillatoria tortuosa Gardner 1927	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Oscillatoria trichoides Szafer 1910	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Oscillatoria variabilis Rao 1936	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Oscillatoria violacea Wallroth ex Gomont 1892	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Oscillatoria willei Gardner 1927	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Oscillatoria woronichinii Anissimova 1949	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Oscillatoria yuhuensis Yoneda 1938	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Oscillatoria zahidii Faridi and Khalil 1974	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym

Parent taxon: Oscillatoriaceae Engler 1898

Assigned by: Engler A. Syllabus der Pflanzenfamilien. Vol. 2. Unknown Publisher, Berlin, 1898.

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