Name: Raphidiopsis Fritsch and Rich 1929

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Gr. fem. n. opsis, appearance; N.L. fem. n. Raphidiopsis

Gender: feminine (stem: Raphidiopsid-)

Type species: Raphidiopsis curvata Fritsch and Rich 1929

Valid publication: Fritsch FE, Rich F. Contributions to our knowledge of freshwater algae of Africa. 7. Freshwater algae (exclusive of diatoms) from Griqualand West. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa 1929; 18:1-92.

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Cylindrospermopsis Seenayya and Subba Raju 1972	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)

• Emendations:
  • Aguilera et al. 2018 Aguilera A, Berrendero Gómez E, Kastovsky J, Echenique RO, Salerno GL. The polyphasic analysis of two native Raphidiopsis isolates supports the unification of the genera Raphidiopsis and Cylindrospermopsis (Nostocales, Cyanobacteria). Phycologia 2018; 57:130-146.
    Notes:
    • ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 10 new species in the genus.

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Hoffmann et al. (2005) assigned this genus to the family Nostocaceae Eichler 1886. Publication: Hoffmann L, Komárek J, Kaštovský J. System of cyanoprokaryotes (cyanobacteria) – state in 2004. Algol. Stud. 2005; 117:95-115.
  • 🧕 Strunecky et al. (2023) assigned this genus to the family Aphanizomenonaceae Elenkin 1938. Publication: 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.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Kaphidiopsis"; "Rapbidiopsis"; "Raphidionsis"; "Raphidopsis"; "Raphirfiopsis"; "Rhaphidiopsis"; "Rlzaphidiopsis".
  • 🧍 Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "RFDP" 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: 17
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
    Raphidiopsis acuminatocrispa (Couté and Bouvy 2004) Aguilera et al. 2018	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Raphidiopsis africana (Komárek and Kling 1991) Aguilera et al. 2018	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Raphidiopsis brookii Hill 1972	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Raphidiopsis catemaco (Komárková-Legnerová and Tavera 1996) Aguilera et al. 2018	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Raphidiopsis curvata Fritsch and Rich 1929	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Raphidiopsis curvispora (Watanabe 1995) Aguilera et al. 2018	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Raphidiopsis cuspis (Komárek and Kling 1991) Aguilera et al. 2018	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Raphidiopsis gangetica (Nair 1967) Aguilera et al. 2018	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Raphidiopsis indica Singh 1942	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Raphidiopsis longisetae Eberly 1966	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Raphidiopsis mediterranea Skuja 1937	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Raphidiopsis philippinensis (Taylor 1932) Aguilera et al. 2018	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Raphidiopsis raciborskii (Wołoszyńska 1912) Aguilera et al. 2018	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Raphidiopsis setigera (Aptekarj 1928) Eberly 1966	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Raphidiopsis sinuosa (Couté et al. 2004) Aguilera et al. 2018	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Raphidiopsis taverae (Komárek and Komárková-Legnerová 2002) Aguilera et al. 2018	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Raphidiopsis turcomanica Kogan 1967	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name

Parent taxon: Aphanizomenaceae corrig. Elenkin 1938

Assigned by: Komárek J, Kaštovský J, Mareš J, Johansen JR. Taxonomic classification of cyanoprokaryotes (cyanobacterial genera) 2014, using a polyphasic approach. Preslia 2014; 86:295-335.

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Record number: 6222