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Name: Plectonema Thuret ex Gomont 1892
Etymology: Gr. neut. n. nêma, a thread; N.L. neut. n. Plectonema, a cyanobacterial genus
Gender: neuter (stem: Plectonemat-)
Type species: Plectonema tomasinianum Bornet 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
Name | Kind |
---|---|
"Glaucothrix" Kirchner 1878 | heterotypic synonym, not validly published |
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 15
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 53
Total number of child taxa: 63
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) ex 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" Cado 1959 | not validly published | preferred name |
Plectonema spirale Gardner 1927 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
"Plectonema spirale" Schwabe and El Ayouty 1966 | not validly published | preferred 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) | 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 |
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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Record number: 6343