Name: Oscillatoria Vaucher ex Gomont 1892

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Os.cil.la.to’ri.a. L. neut. n. oscillum, a swing; N.L. fem. n. Oscillatoria, a cyanobacterial genus

Gender: feminine (stem: Oscillatori-)

Type species: Oscillatoria princeps Vaucher ex Gomont 1892

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

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

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Xanthotrichum Wille ex Kirchner 1898	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
    "Oscillatoriella" Gaillon 1833	homotypic synonym, not validly published
    "Xanthotrichum" Wille 1893	heterotypic synonym, not validly published
    "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 Copeland 1936. Publication: Copeland JJ. Yellowstone thermal Myxophyceae. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 1936; 36:1-232.
  • 🥇 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.
  • 🧕 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.
  • 🧕 Copeland (1936) assigned this genus to the order Oscillatoriales Schaffner 1922. Publication: Copeland JJ. YELLOWSTONE THERMAL MYXOPHYCEAE. Ann. New York Acad. Sci. 1936; 36:20.
  • 🧕 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.
  • 🧕 Schaffner (1922) assigned this genus to the order Oscillatoriales Schaffner 1922. Publication: Schaffner JH. The classification of plants XII. Ohio Journal of Science 1922; 22:129-139.
  • 🧒 Fremy (1934) assigned the section "Heteroscillatoria" to this genus. Publication: Frémy NN. CYANOPHYCÉES DES COTES D'EUROPE. Nat. et Math. Cherbourg 1934; 41:128.
  • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus "Lyngbya" Agardh 1824. Publication: Hansgirg A. Physiologische und algologische Studien. Buchdruckerei Alois R. Laurmann. - Verlag von Franz Borovy, Prag, 1887.
  • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus "Oscillaria" Bosc 1803. Publication: Bosc LAG. NOUVEAU DICTIONNAIRE D’HISTOIRE NATURELLE. Nouv. Dict. Hist. Nat. 1803; 16:417.
  • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus "Trichophorus" Palisot de Beauvois ex Desvaux 1809. Publication: Desvaux NA. Plantes trouvées dans le Haut-Poitou, les unes nouvoulles, les autres, point indiquées dans la Flore de France. Journal de Botanique, Desvaux 1809; 2:307-318.
  • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus "Oscillatoriella" Gaillon 1833. Publication: Gaillon B. Aperçu Hist. Nat. Unknown Publisher, Unknown City, 1833.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Cillatoria"; "Cscillatoria"; "Gscillatoria"; "Kcillatoria"; "Oacillatoria"; "Oacillatorla"; "Occillatoria"; "Ocillatoria"; "Oecillatoria"; "Oesillatoria"; "Oicillatoria"; "Onmcillatoria"; "Oocillatoria"; "Orcillatoria"; "Orscillatoria"; "Osaillataria"; "Oscallatoria"; "Oscialltoria"; "Osciflamria"; "Osciflatoria"; "Osciilatoria"; "Oscilatoria"; "Oscilfatoria"; "Osciliatoria"; "Oscilintoria"; "Oscilladoria"; "Oscillaforia"; "Oscillaioria"; "Oscillakwia"; "Oscillalaria"; "Oscillalcria"; "Oscillaleria"; "Oscillaloria"; "Oscillarieis"; "Oscillariis"; "Oscillaroria"; "Oscillataria"; "Oscillatcria"; "Oscillatctria"; "Oscillateria"; "Oscillatiria"; "Oscillatmia"; "Oscillatmria"; "Oscillatnria"; "Oscillatoda"; "Oscillatofia"; "Oscillatoiia"; "Oscillatoira"; "Oscillaton"; "Oscillatona"; "Oscillatora"; "Oscillatoris"; "Oscillatorla"; "Oscillatorna"; "Oscillatorta"; "Oscillatovia"; "Oscillaturia"; "Oscillazoria"; "Oscillcnoria"; "Oscilletoria"; "Oscillitoria"; "Oscillnloria"; "Oscillntoria"; "Oscillotoria"; "Oscillstoria"; "Oscilluloria"; "Oscillutnria"; "Oscillutoria"; "Oscillvtoria"; "Osciltamria"; "Osciltaria"; "Osciltatoria"; "Oscinatoria"; "Oscinaturia"; "Oscirlatoria"; "Oscirllatoria"; "Oscitlaloria"; "Oscitlatoria"; "Oscittatoria"; "Osciuatoria"; "Osclilatoria"; "Oscllatoria"; "Osclliatoria"; "Osclllatoria"; "Osclllatorla"; "Osctilatoria"; "Osctllatoria"; "Oscullatoria"; "Oscyllatoria"; "Osczllatoria"; "Osdllatoria"; "Osecillatoria"; "Oseifietaria"; "Oseihatoria"; "Oseiliatoria"; "Oseillaloria"; "Oseillateria"; "Oseillatoria"; "Oseiltatoria"; "Oserllatoria"; "Osetllatoria"; "Osocillatoria"; "Osoillatoria"; "Osoillatorla"; "Osrillatoria"; "Ossiliatoria"; "Ossillatoria"; "Ostillatoria"; "Osvcillatoria"; "Otcillatoria"; "Oucillatoria"; "Oxciiloloria"; "Oxcillatoria"; "Pscillatoria"; "Qscillaloria"; "Qscillatoria"; "Scillatoria"; "Uscillaloria"; "Vscillatoria".
  • 🧔 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.
  • 💁 Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Strunecky et al. (2017). Editors in search of reviewers are advised to consider additional criteria such as whether a taxon is covered by one of the ICSP subcommittees.
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: NIES: 4; SP: 3; CBFS: 3; CCALA: 2; PCC: 2; NIVA-CYA: 2; CCAP: 2; ATCC: 1.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1". — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
  • 🧍 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: 147
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 298
Total number of child taxa: 333

• 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 aerugescens" Drummond 1838	not validly published	preferred name
    "Oscillatoria aeruginosa" Agardh 1817	not validly published	preferred name
    Oscillatoria agardhii Gomont 1892	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Oscillatoria agilis Dangeard 1949	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    "Oscillatoria alba" Vaucher 1803	not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists	synonym
    Oscillatoria amethystina Buell 1938	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    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 anguina Bory ex Gomont 1892	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Oscillatoria angusta Koppe 1924	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 annae van Goor 1918	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Oscillatoria anomala Bharadwaja 1963	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Oscillatoria antarctica Massalski et al. 1999	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Oscillatoria antillarum (Kützing 1847) Gomont 1892	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Oscillatoria antliaria (Mertens 1822) Alten 1913	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Oscillatoria articulata Gardner 1927	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Oscillatoria balkrishnanii (Kamat 1963) Rino 1972	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Oscillatoria baltica Eberly 1966	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Oscillatoria batrachospermorum Skuja 1964	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Oscillatoria beccariana Gomont ex Forti 1907	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Oscillatoria beggiatoiformis Gomont 1892	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Oscillatoria bekesiensis Kiss 1959	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Oscillatoria belmontica Welsh 1966	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Oscillatoria bharadwajae Kamat 1963	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Oscillatoria bicudoi Senna 1983	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Oscillatoria biocellata Dangeard 1949	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Oscillatoria biswasii Kamat 1963	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Oscillatoria bonnemaisonii Crouan and Crouan ex Gomont 1892	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Oscillatoria bornetii (Zukal 1894) Forti 1907	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    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 bourrellyi Kamat 1963	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), illegitimate name, later homonym	in need of a replacement
    Oscillatoria breviarticulata Frémy 1930	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Oscillatoria brevis Kützing ex Gomont 1892	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Oscillatoria bulgarica Komárek 1956	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Oscillatoria caerulescens Gicklhorn 1921	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Oscillatoria canaliculata Dangeard 1949	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Oscillatoria capitata West 1899	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 caspica Henckel 1909	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Oscillatoria castanea Hoffmann and Demoulin 1993	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    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 chilkensis Biswas 1932	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Oscillatoria chlorina Kützing ex Gomont 1892	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    "Oscillatoria chrysothrix" Skuja ex Willén 1992	not validly published	preferred name
    Oscillatoria chutteri Welsh 1964	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Oscillatoria claricentrosa Gardner 1927	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    "Oscillatoria conardi" Kufferath 1930	not validly published	preferred name
    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 contorta (Wille ex Kirchner 1898) Sournia 1968	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Oscillatoria corakiana Playfair 1915	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Oscillatoria corallinae Gomont ex Gomont 1892	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    "Oscillatoria corallinae" corrig. (Kützing 1849) Gomont 1890	not validly published	synonym
    Oscillatoria cortiana Meneghini ex Gomont 1892	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    "Oscillatoria cosmopolitana" Bory 1908	not validly published	preferred 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 croasdalei Kamat 1964	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Oscillatoria curviceps Agardh ex Gomont 1892	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Oscillatoria cylindrica Dangeard 1949	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    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 dispartita Claus 1959	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Oscillatoria distincta Skvortzov 1937	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    "Oscillatoria distrophila" Skuja ex Willén 1992	not validly published	preferred name
    Oscillatoria dudichiana corrig. Claus 1955	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Oscillatoria dudicsiana Claus 1955	inaccurate spelling (ICN [Botanical Code])	misspelling
    "Oscillatoria duplisecta" (Pollini 1817) Moro and Andreoli 2007	not validly published	preferred name
    Oscillatoria dzemansor Woronichin 1929	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Oscillatoria earlei Gardner 1927	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Oscillatoria engelmanniana Gaidukov 1929	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Oscillatoria erythraea Kützing ex Drouet 1968	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), illegitimate name	synonym
    Oscillatoria erythraea (Ehrenberg ex Gomont 1892) Geitler 1932	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), illegitimate name	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 facilis Skuja 1969	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Oscillatoria ferruginea Dangeard 1949	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Oscillatoria filiformis Copeland 1936	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Oscillatoria flava Fjerdingstad 1950	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Oscillatoria flexa Playfair 1918	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Oscillatoria fonticola Brabez 1941	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    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 fracta Carlson 1913	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Oscillatoria fragilis Böcher 1949	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Oscillatoria fremyi De Toni f. 1934	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Oscillatoria froehlichii (Kützing 1843) Prain 1905	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Oscillatoria fulgens Böcher 1949	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Oscillatoria fundamenta Schousboe 1892	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Oscillatoria funiformis (Vouk 1915) Komárek 2001	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Oscillatoria gardneriana Drouet 1943	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 gerdae Compère 1974	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Oscillatoria gigantea (Schmidle 1903) Compère 1974	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Oscillatoria glaucescens Kützing ex Richter 1898	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    "Oscillatoria gomontii" Stockmayer 1895	not validly published	preferred name
    Oscillatoria gracile Azevedo and Sant'Anna 1993	inaccurate spelling and illegitimate (ICN [Botanical Code])	misspelling
    Oscillatoria gracilis Böcher 1949	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Oscillatoria gracilis corrig. Azevedo and Sant'Anna 1993	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), illegitimate name, later homonym	in need of a replacement
    Oscillatoria gracillima (Kützing 1843) Alten 1913	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Oscillatoria granulata Gardner 1927	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Oscillatoria granulosa (Martens 1871) ex Desikachary 1959	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Oscillatoria grateloupii (Bory 1831) Prain 1905	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Oscillatoria griseoviolacea Skuja 1956	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Oscillatoria grossegranulata Skuja 1956	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    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 hildebrandtii (Gomont 1892) Geitler 1932	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Oscillatoria homogenea Frémy 1930	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Oscillatoria hummelii Borge 1933	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Oscillatoria hungarica Palik 1934	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Oscillatoria ibusukiensis Emoto and Yoneda 1940	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Oscillatoria iltisii Compère 1974	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    "Oscillatoria imperator" Wood 1869	not validly published	preferred name
    Oscillatoria inaequalis Cholnoky 1955	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Oscillatoria indica Silva 1996	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Oscillatoria ingrica Woronichin 1931	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Oscillatoria insignis Skuja 1956	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Oscillatoria interrupta (Martens 1870) Prain 1905	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    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 janthiphora Gomont 1892	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Oscillatoria janus Skuja 1956	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Oscillatoria jasorvensis Vouk 1919	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Oscillatoria jenneri (Stizenberger ex Gomont 1892) Compère 1974	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    "Oscillatoria jenneri" (Hassall 1845) Bourrelly 1970	not validly published	preferred name
    Oscillatoria jovis Copeland 1936	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Oscillatoria juliana (Meneghini ex Kützing 1847) Gomont 1892	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Oscillatoria kansuensis Jao 1947	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Oscillatoria karakalpakensis Muzafarov 1959	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Oscillatoria kawamurae Negoro 1943	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Oscillatoria kisselevii Anissimova 1949	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Oscillatoria koettlitzi Fritsch 1912	inaccurate spelling (ICN [Botanical Code])	misspelling
    Oscillatoria koettlitzii corrig. 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	synonym
    Oscillatoria kurziana (Martens 1870) Prain 1905	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Oscillatoria lachneri Zimmermann 1927	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Oscillatoria lacussolaris Campbell and Golubić 1985	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Oscillatoria lacustris (Klebahn 1895) Geitler 1925	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 laingii Hoffmann and Demoulin 1993	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Oscillatoria lanceaeformis Kalbe 1963	inaccurate spelling (ICN [Botanical Code])	misspelling
    Oscillatoria lanceiformis corrig. Kalbe 1963	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Oscillatoria lauterbornei Schmidle 1901	inaccurate spelling (ICN [Botanical Code])	misspelling
    Oscillatoria lauterbornii corrig. Schmidle 1901	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Oscillatoria laxa (Smith 1916) Compère 1974	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    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 lemmermanni Wołoszyńska 1912	inaccurate spelling (ICN [Botanical Code])	misspelling
    Oscillatoria lemmermannii corrig. Wołoszyńska 1912	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Oscillatoria leonardii Compère 1967	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Oscillatoria leptotricha corrig. (Kützing 1845) Alten 1913	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Oscillatoria leptotrichia (Kützing 1845) Alten 1913	inaccurate spelling (ICN [Botanical Code])	misspelling
    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 lineata Szafer 1910	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 lusitanica Sampaio 1941	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    "Oscillatoria lutea" Agardh 1824	not validly published	preferred name
    Oscillatoria luteola Drouet 1937	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Oscillatoria lutescens Pankow and Jahnke 1964	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Oscillatoria mahabaleshwarensis Kamat 1964	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Oscillatoria maharastrensis Kamat 1963	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Oscillatoria maldonadoana Drouet 1943	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    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 maricola Gardner 1932	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Oscillatoria martini Frémy 1930	inaccurate spelling (ICN [Botanical Code])	misspelling
    Oscillatoria martinii corrig. Frémy 1930	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Oscillatoria mauchaiana Claus 1962	inaccurate spelling (ICN [Botanical Code])	misspelling
    Oscillatoria mauchana corrig. Claus 1962	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Oscillatoria mehrae corrig. Vasishta 1964	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Oscillatoria mehrai Vasishta 1964	inaccurate spelling (ICN [Botanical Code])	misspelling
    Oscillatoria meslini Frémy 1930	inaccurate spelling (ICN [Botanical Code])	misspelling
    Oscillatoria meslinii corrig. Frémy 1930	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Oscillatoria mexicana Rouchijajnen 1968	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Oscillatoria miniata (Zanardini 1861) Gomont 1892	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Oscillatoria minima Gicklhorn 1921	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Oscillatoria minnesotensis Tilden 1902	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Oscillatoria minutissima Gonzalez Guerrero 1947	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Oscillatoria mirabilis Böcher 1949	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Oscillatoria mitrae Kamat 1963	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Oscillatoria miyadii Negoro 1943	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Oscillatoria molischi Vouk 1919	inaccurate spelling (ICN [Botanical Code])	misspelling
    Oscillatoria mougeotii Kützing ex Forti 1907	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Oscillatoria mucicola Woronichin 1949	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    "Oscillatoria muscorum" Agardh 1824	not validly published	synonym
    Oscillatoria neglecta Lemmermann 1907	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    "Oscillatoria neglecta" Wood 1869	not validly published	synonym
    Oscillatoria nematodes Skuja 1964	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    "Oscillatoria nigra" Vaucher ex Gomont 1892	not validly published	synonym
    Oscillatoria nigroviridis Thwaites ex Gomont 1892	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Oscillatoria nitida Schkorbatow 1923	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Oscillatoria numidica Gomont 1892	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Oscillatoria nylstromica Claassen 1961	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Oscillatoria obliqueacuminata Skuja 1956	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Oscillatoria obscura Brühl and Biswas 1922	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Oscillatoria obtusa Gardner 1927	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Oscillatoria oceanica Karsten 1907	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Oscillatoria okeni Agardh ex Gomont 1892	inaccurate spelling (ICN [Botanical Code])	misspelling
    Oscillatoria okenii corrig. Agardh ex Gomont 1892	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Oscillatoria olivaceobrunnea Hoffmann and Demoulin 1993	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    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 phycophytica Frémy 1934	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Oscillatoria pilicola Wujek and Lincoln 1989	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Oscillatoria planctonica Wołoszyńska 1911	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    "Oscillatoria platensis" (Nordstedt 1884) Bourrelly 1970	not validly published	synonym
    Oscillatoria podolica Gutwinski 1894	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Oscillatoria potapoviana Claus 1959	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    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 proboscidea 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 pseudoangusta Claus 1959	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Oscillatoria pseudocortiana Starmach 1973	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Oscillatoria pseudocurviceps Welsh 1965	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    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 pseudomougeotia Vasishta 1962	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Oscillatoria pseudoplatensis Bourrelly 1970	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Oscillatoria pulcherrima Azevedo and Sant'Anna 1993	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Oscillatoria pulchra Lindstedt 1943	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Oscillatoria putrida Schmidle 1901	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    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 raytonensis Cholnoky 1955	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Oscillatoria redekei Van Goor 1918	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Oscillatoria refringens Gardner 1927	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    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 rhaphis Zhao 1991	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 rostrata Borge 1933	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Oscillatoria rubescens De Candolle ex Gomont 1892	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Oscillatoria rupicola Hansgirg ex Gomont 1892	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    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 salinarum Collins 1904	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Oscillatoria samanoae De Toni f. 1939	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    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 schroeteri (Hansgirg ex Hansgirg 1892) Migula 1905	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Oscillatoria schultzii Lemmermann 1905	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Oscillatoria serpentina Richter 1898	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Oscillatoria simplicissima Gomont 1892	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Oscillatoria sonorensis Drouet 1942	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    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 subformosa Welsh 1965	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Oscillatoria subfusca Schwabe 1947	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Oscillatoria subgeminata Archibald 1967	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Oscillatoria submembranacea (Ardissone and Strafforello 1877) ex Drouet 1968	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Oscillatoria subpriestleyi Claassen 1961	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Oscillatoria subproboscidea West and West 1911	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    "Oscillatoria subsalsa" Agardh 1824	not validly published	synonym
    "Oscillatoria subsalsa" (Oersted ex Gomont 1892) Bourrelly 1970	not validly published	synonym
    Oscillatoria subspiroides Yoneda 1942	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Oscillatoria subtanganyikae Kufferath 1957	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Oscillatoria subtilissima (Kützing 1847) ex Forti 1907	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Oscillatoria subtilissima (Kützing 1847) ex Alten 1913	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), illegitimate name	synonym
    Oscillatoria subtropica Cholnoky 1955	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Oscillatoria subuliformis Thwaites ex Gomont 1892	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Oscillatoria suxenae Kamat 1963	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    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 tenerrima Utermöhl 1925	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), illegitimate name, later homonym	in need of a replacement
    Oscillatoria tenerrima (Kützing 1843) Prain 1905	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Oscillatoria tennis Agardh ex Gomont 1892	inaccurate spelling (ICN [Botanical Code])	misspelling
    Oscillatoria tenuis corrig. 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 thiebautii (Gomont 1892) Geitler 1932	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Oscillatoria tortuosa Gardner 1927	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Oscillatoria transvaalensis Cholnoky 1955	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Oscillatoria trapezoidea Tilden 1896	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Oscillatoria trichoides Szafer 1910	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Oscillatoria trinkleri Skuja 1932	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Oscillatoria turfacea Dangeard 1949	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Oscillatoria tuwaensis Thomas and Gonzalves 1965	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Oscillatoria ucrainica Vladimirova 1961	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Oscillatoria unigranulata Kiselev 1931	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Oscillatoria uniguttata Halasz 1940	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Oscillatoria utermoehlii De Toni f. 1939	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Oscillatoria variabilis Rao 1936	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Oscillatoria versicolor (Martens 1871) Prain 1905	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Oscillatoria violacea Wallroth ex Gomont 1892	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Oscillatoria vizagapatensis Rao 1938	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Oscillatoria waterbergensis Claassen 1961	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Oscillatoria willei Gardner 1927	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Oscillatoria williamsii Drouet 1949	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Oscillatoria woronichinii Anissimova 1949	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Oscillatoria yamadae Kamat 1963	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Oscillatoria yonedae Umezaki 1961	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: 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: 6345