Name: Plectonema Thuret ex Gomont 1892
Category, proposed as: genus, gen. nov.
Etymology: Plec.to.ne’ma. Gr. masc. adj. plektos, twisted; Gr. neut. n. nêma, thread; N.L. neut. n. Plectonema, a twisted thread
Gender, pronunciation (Latin): neuter (stem: Plectonemat-), plek-to-NE-ma
Type species: Plectonema tomasinianum Bornet ex Gomont 1892
Valid publication: Gomont M. Monographie des Oscillariées (Nostocacées Homocystées) deuxième 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
| Name | Kind |
|---|---|
| "Glaucothrix" Kirchner 1878 | heterotypic synonym, not validly published |
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Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 15
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 54
Total number of child taxa: 64
| Name | Nomenclatural status | Taxonomic status |
|---|---|---|
| Plectonema africanum Borge 1928 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | synonym |
| Plectonema algeriense Behre 1953 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
| Plectonema andinum Schwabe 1960 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | synonym |
| Plectonema batrachosperma corrig. Starmach 1957 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | synonym |
| Plectonema batrachospermi Starmach 1957 | inaccurate spelling (ICN [Botanical Code]) | misspelling |
| Plectonema battersii Gomont 1899 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | synonym |
| Plectonema boryanum Gomont 1899 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | synonym |
| Plectonema calothrichoides Gomont 1899 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | synonym |
| Plectonema capitata Jaag 1935 | inaccurate spelling and illegitimate (ICN [Botanical Code]) | misspelling |
| Plectonema capitatum corrig. Jaag 1935 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), illegitimate name, later homonym | synonym |
| Plectonema capitatum Lemmermann 1907 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
| Plectonema carneum Lemmermann 1907 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | synonym |
| Plectonema cloverianum Drouet 1942 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
| Plectonema congregationis Schwabe 1962 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | synonym |
| Plectonema corynoideum Beljakova 1989 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
| Plectonema crispatum Playfair 1915 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | synonym |
| Plectonema dangeardii Frémy 1930 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | synonym |
| Plectonema diplosiphon Woronichin 1923 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | synonym |
| Plectonema endolithicum Ercegović 1932 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | synonym |
| Plectonema flexuosum Gardner 1927 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | synonym |
| Plectonema fortii Frémy 1930 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | synonym |
| Plectonema gloeophilum Borzì 1892 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | synonym |
| Plectonema golenkinianum Gomont 1899 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | synonym |
| Plectonema gracillimum Zopf ex Hansgirg 1892 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | synonym |
| Plectonema hansgirgi Schmidle 1900 | inaccurate spelling (ICN [Botanical Code]) | misspelling |
| Plectonema hansgirgii corrig. Schmidle 1900 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | synonym |
| Plectonema indica Dixit 1936 | inaccurate spelling (ICN [Botanical Code]) | misspelling |
| Plectonema indicum corrig. Dixit 1936 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | synonym |
| Plectonema jaagii Geitler 1942 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
| "Plectonema litorale" Anand 1936 | not validly published | synonym |
| Plectonema litorale corrig. Anand 1937 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
| Plectonema litoralis Anand 1937 | inaccurate spelling (ICN [Botanical Code]) | misspelling |
| Plectonema malayense Biswas 1929 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
| Plectonema monodii Compère 1970 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
| Plectonema mucicola An 1992 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | synonym |
| Plectonema murale Gardner 1927 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | synonym |
| Plectonema norvegicum Gomont 1899 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | synonym |
| Plectonema nostocorum Bornet ex Gomont 1892 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | synonym |
| Plectonema notatum Schmidle 1901 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | synonym |
| Plectonema phormidioides Hansgirg ex Forti 1907 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | synonym |
| Plectonema polymorphum Schwabe 1960 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | synonym |
| Plectonema purpureum Gomont 1892 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | synonym |
| "Plectonema puteale" (Kirchner 1878) Hansgirg 1887 | not validly published | synonym |
| Plectonema puteale (Kirchner 1878) ex Hansgirg 1892 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
| Plectonema radiosum Gomont 1892 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | synonym |
| Plectonema rhenanum Schmidle 1897 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | synonym |
| Plectonema roseolum Gomont 1892 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
| Plectonema rugosum Jao 1947 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
| Plectonema schmidlei Limanowska 1912 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | synonym |
| "Plectonema spelaeoides" Čado 1959 | not validly published | synonym |
| "Plectonema spirale" Schwabe and El Ayouty 1966 | not validly published | preferred name |
| Plectonema spirale Gardner 1927 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
| Plectonema spongiosum Schwabe 1962 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | synonym |
| Plectonema subtile Gayral and Mazancourt 1959 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
| Plectonema tatrica Starmach 1963 | inaccurate spelling (ICN [Botanical Code]) | misspelling |
| Plectonema tatricum corrig. Starmach 1963 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | synonym |
| Plectonema tauricum Woronichin 1932 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | synonym |
| Plectonema tenue Thuret ex Gomont 1892 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | synonym |
| Plectonema tenuissimum Gardner 1927 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | synonym |
| Plectonema terebrans Bornet and Flahault ex Gomont 1892 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | synonym |
| Plectonema tomasinianum Bornet ex Gomont 1892 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), lectotype | correct name |
| Plectonema volkensii Schmidle 1901 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
| Plectonema wollei Farlow ex Gomont 1892 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | synonym |
| Plectonema yellowstonense Prát 1929 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | synonym |
Parent taxon: Microcoleaceae (Hansgirg 1892) Strunecký et al. 2013
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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