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Name: Pseudospirulina Pankow and Jahnke 1964

Category, proposed as: genus, gen. nov.

Etymology: Pseu.do.spi.ru.li’na. Gr. neut. adj. pseudes, false; N.L. fem. dim. n. Spirulina, a cyanobacterial genus; N.L. fem. dim. n. Pseudospirulina, a false Spirulina

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): feminine (stem: Pseudospirulin-), pse͡u-do-spi-ru-LI-na

Type species: Pseudospirulina amoena Pankow and Jahnke 1964

Valid publication: Pankow H, Jahnke E. Lyngbya irregularis nova spec., Oscillatoria lutescens nova spec. und Pseudospirulina amoena nov. gen., nova spec., drei neue hormogonale Blaualgen. Österreichische Botanische Zeitschrift 1964; 111:331-336.

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

  • Notes:
    • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Psemlaspirulina".
    • 🧍 According to Komarek and Golubic (1990) originally assigned to Cyanobacteria but probably stalks of Vorticella. Publication: Komárek J, Golubić S. Guide to the Nomenclature and formal taxonomic treatment of oxyphototroph prokaryotes (Cyanoprokaryotes). Published by the Authors, Třeboň and Boston, 1990.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 1
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 1
Total number of child taxa: 1

Parent taxon: Oscillatoriaceae Engler 1898

Assigned by: Pankow H, Jahnke E. Lyngbya irregularis nova spec., Oscillatoria lutescens nova spec. und Pseudospirulina amoena nov. gen., nova spec., drei neue hormogonale Blaualgen. Österreichische Botanische Zeitschrift 1964; 111:331-336.

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Record number: 17829