Name: Pseudanabaena Lauterborn 1915

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Pseud.a.na.bae’na. N.L. fem. n. Anabaena, a cyanobacteria genus; N.L. fem. n. Pseudanabaena, a false Anabaena

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): feminine (stem: Pseudanabaen-), pse͡ud-a-na-BA͡E-na

Type species: Pseudanabaena catenata Lauterborn 1915

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Lauterborn R. Die sapropelische Lebewelt. Ein Beitrag zur Biologie des Faulschlammes natürlicher Gewässer. Verhandlungen des Naturhistorisch-Medizinischen Vereins zu Heidelberg Serie 2 1915; 13:395-481.

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Anabaenella Welsh 1964	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the order "Pseudanabaenales" Hoffmann et al. 2005. Publication: Hoffmann L, Komárek J, Kaštovský J. Proposal of cyanobacterial system – 2004. In: Bündel B, Krienitz L, Gärtner G, Schagerl M (eds), Süsswasserflora von Mitteleuropa 19/2, Elsevier/Spektrum, Heidelberg, 2005, p. 657-660.
  • 🧕 Anagnostidis and Komarek (1988) assigned this genus to the subfamily Pseudanabaenoideae Anagnostidis and Komárek 1988. Publication: Anagnostidis K, Komárek J. Modern approach to the classification system of cyanophytes. 3. Oscillatoriales. Archiv für Hydrobiologie, Supplement 1988; 80:327-472.
  • 🧕 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. 🇺🇸
  • 🧕 Elenkin (1949) assigned this genus to the family Pseudonostocaceae Elenkin 1949. Publication: Elenkin AA. Sinezeleniye vodorosli SSSR. Monografiya presnovodnykh i nazemnykh S'yanofiseaye, obnaruzhennykh v predelakh SSSR. Spetsial'naya (sistematicheskaya) chast', vyp. II. III. Hormogoneae (Geitl.) Elenk. (okonchaniye). Izdate'stvo Akademii Nauk SSSR, Moscow, 1949.
  • 🧕 Geitler (1925) assigned this genus to the family Oscillatoriaceae Engler 1898. Publication: Geitler L. Synoptische Darstellung der Cyanophyceen in morphologischer und systematischer Hinsicht. Beihefte zum Botanischen Centralblatt 1925; 41:163-294.
  • 🧒 Anagnostidis and Komarek (1988) assigned the subgenus Pseudanabaena Anagnostidis and Komárek 1988 to this genus. Publication: Anagnostidis K, Komárek J. Modern approach to the classification system of cyanophytes. 3. Oscillatoriales. Archiv für Hydrobiologie, Supplement 1988; 80:327-472.
  • 🧒 Anagnostidis and Komarek (1988) assigned the subgenus Ilyonema Anagnostidis and Komárek 1988 to this genus. Publication: Anagnostidis K, Komárek J. Modern approach to the classification system of cyanophytes. 3. Oscillatoriales. Archiv für Hydrobiologie, Supplement 1988; 80:327-472.
  • 🧒 Anagnostidis and Komarek (1988) assigned the subgenus Skujanema Anagnostidis and Komárek 1988 to this genus. Publication: Anagnostidis K, Komárek J. Modern approach to the classification system of cyanophytes. 3. Oscillatoriales. Archiv für Hydrobiologie, Supplement 1988; 80:327-472.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Pscudamlbaena"; "Pscudanabaena"; "Pseadanabaena"; "Pseaudanabaena"; "Pseiidanabaena"; "Psendanabaena"; "Pseudabanea"; "Pseudanabacna"; "Pseudanabaeha"; "Pseudanabaenae"; "Pseudanabaenue"; "Pseudanabeana"; "Pseudanabena"; "Pseudanaboena"; "Pseudanabuena"; "Pseudanahaena"; "Pseudanalmma"; "Pseudauabaena"; "Pseudoanabaena"; "Pseudoanaebana"; "Pseudoaneabaena"; "Pseudonabaena"; "Pseudonaboena"; "Pseundanabaena"; "Psrudanabaena"; "Psudanabaena"; "Rreudanabaena".
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: BRNM: 3; NMCCC: 3; UHCC: 2; NIVA-CYA: 2; CPCC: 1; BRY: 1; NIES: 1.
  • 🧍 Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "PSBN" 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: 40
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 50
Total number of child taxa: 52

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Pseudanabaena acicularis (Nygaard 1949) Anagnostidis and Komárek 1988	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Pseudanabaena africana Schwabe and Simonsen 1961	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Pseudanabaena amphigranulata (Van Goor 1918) Anagnostidis 2001	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Pseudanabaena apiculatoflexuosa Turicchia et al. 2009	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Pseudanabaena arcuata (Skuja 1948) Anagnostidis and Komárek 1988	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Pseudanabaena articulata Skuja 1948	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Pseudanabaena balatonica Scherffel and Kol 1938	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Pseudanabaena batrachospermorum (Skuja 1964) Anagnostidis and Komárek 1988	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Pseudanabaena belizensis Turicchia et al. 2009	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Pseudanabaena biceps Böcher 1946	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Pseudanabaena catenata Lauterborn 1915	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Pseudanabaena cinerea Tuji and Niiyama 2018	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Pseudanabaena constricta (Szafer 1910) Lauterborn 1915	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Pseudanabaena crassa Vozzhennikova 1953	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Pseudanabaena curta (Hollerbach 1935) Cronberg and Komárek 1994	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Pseudanabaena dictyothalla (Skuja 1948) Anagnostidis 2001	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Pseudanabaena edaphica Melnikova 1953	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Pseudanabaena endophytica (Elenkin and Hollerbach 1923) Anagnostidis 2001	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Pseudanabaena epilithica Christodoulou et al. 2023	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Pseudanabaena foetida Niiyama et al. 2016	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Pseudanabaena frigida (Fritsch 1912) Anagnostidis 2001	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Pseudanabaena galeata Böcher 1949	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Pseudanabaena granulifera Skuja 1969	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Pseudanabaena limnetica (Lemmermann 1900) Komárek 1974	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Pseudanabaena minima (An 1992) Anagnostidis 2001	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Pseudanabaena minuta Skuja 1948	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Pseudanabaena moniliformis Komárek and Kling 1991	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    "Pseudanabaena mucicola" (Naumann and Huber-Pestalozzi 1929) Bourrelly 1970	not validly published	synonym
    Pseudanabaena nematodes (Skuja 1964) Anagnostidis and Komárek 1988	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Pseudanabaena pallida Skuja 1948	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Pseudanabaena papillaterminata (Kisselev 1927) Kukk 1959	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Pseudanabaena persicina (Gomont 1892) Anagnostidis 2001	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Pseudanabaena pruinosa Aleksovski et al. 2024	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Pseudanabaena raphidioides (Geitler 1959) Anagnostidis and Komárek 1988	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    "Pseudanabaena redekei" (Van Goor 1918) Chang 1985	not validly published	synonym
    Pseudanabaena rosea (Skuja 1956) Anagnostidis 2001	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Pseudanabaena rutilusviridis Kling et al. 2012	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Pseudanabaena schmidlei Jaag 1938	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Pseudanabaena siderophila Skuja 1964	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Pseudanabaena skujae Claus 1962	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Pseudanabaena spelaea Anagnostidis 2001	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Pseudanabaena starmachii Anagnostidis 2001	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Pseudanabaena subfoetida Niiyama and Tuji 2016	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Pseudanabaena suomiensis Christodoulou et al. 2023	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Pseudanabaena tenuis Koppe 1924	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Pseudanabaena thermalis Anagnostidis 2001	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Pseudanabaena tremula Johansen and Casamatta 2005	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Pseudanabaena ulula (Welsh 1964) Anagnostidis 2001	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Pseudanabaena vesniana Aleksovski and Krstić 2025	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Pseudanabaena voronichinii Anagnostidis 2001	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Pseudanabaena westiana Anagnostidis 2001	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Pseudanabaena yagii Tuji and Niiyama 2018	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name

Parent taxon: Pseudanabaenaceae Anagnostidis and Komárek 1988

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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