Name: Planktolyngbya Anagnostidis and Komárek 1988

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Plank.to.lyng’by.a. Gr. masc. adj. planktos, drifting, wandering; N.L. fem. n. Lyngbya, a cyanobacterial genus; N.L. fem. n. Planktolyngbya, a wandering Lyngbya

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): feminine (stem: Planktolyngby-), plank-to-LYN͡G-by-a

Type species: Planktolyngbya subtilis (West 1892) Anagnostidis and Komárek 1988

Valid publication: Anagnostidis K, Komárek J. Modern approach to the classification system of cyanophytes 3 - Oscillatoriales. Algological Studies 1988; 50-53:327-472.

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Hoffmann et al. (2005) assigned this genus to the family Pseudanabaenaceae Anagnostidis and Komárek 1988. Publication: Hoffmann L, Komárek J, Kaštovský J. System of cyanoprokaryotes (cyanobacteria) – state in 2004. Algol. Stud. 2005; 117:95-115. 🇱🇺
  • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Leptolyngbya Anagnostidis and Komárek 1988. Publication: Anagnostidis K. Nomenclatural changes in cyanoprokaryotic order Oscillatoriales. Preslia, Praha 2001; 73:359-375. 🇨🇿
  • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Lyngbya Agardh ex Gomont 1892. Publication: West W. Algae of the English Lake District. Journal of the Royal Microscopical Society London 1892; 1892:713-748.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Pianktolyngbya"; "Plankiolyngbya"; "Planktobingbya"; "Planktobmgbya"; "Planktolvngbya"; "Planktolynghya"; "Planktolyughya"; "Planldolyngbya"; "Plaunktolyngbya".
  • 💁 Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Komarek and Cronberg (2001). 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: FCME: 1.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 15
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 17
Total number of child taxa: 17

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Planktolyngbya bipunctata (Lemmermann 1899) Anagnostidis and Komárek 1988	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Planktolyngbya brevicellularis Cronberg and Komárek 1994	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Planktolyngbya capillaris (Hindák 1985) Anagnostidis and Komárek 1988	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Planktolyngbya circumcreta (West 1907) Anagnostidis and Komárek 1988	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Planktolyngbya contorta (Lemmermann 1898) Anagnostidis and Komárek 1988	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Planktolyngbya crassa Komárková-Legnerová and Cronberg 1992	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Planktolyngbya holsatica (Lemmermann 1904) Anagnostidis and Komárek 1988	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Planktolyngbya lacustris (Lemmermann 1898) Anagnostidis and Komárek 1988	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Planktolyngbya limnetica (Lemmermann 1898) Komárková-Legnerová and Cronberg 1992	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Planktolyngbya microspira Komárek and Cronberg 2001	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Planktolyngbya minor (Geitler and Ruttner 1936) Komárek and Cronberg 2001	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Planktolyngbya nyassae (Schmidle 1903) Anagnostidis and Komárek 1988	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Planktolyngbya regularis Komárková-Legnerová and Tavera 1996	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Planktolyngbya spirulinoides (Utermöhl 1925) Umezaki and Watanabe 1994	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), illegitimate name	in need of a replacement
    Planktolyngbya subtilis (West 1892) Anagnostidis and Komárek 1988	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Planktolyngbya tallingii Komárek and Kling 1991	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Planktolyngbya undulata Komárek and Kling 1991	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name

Parent taxon: Leptolyngbyaceae Komárek et al. 2014

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: 6178