Name: Rivularia (Roth 1797) Agardh ex Bornet and Flahault 1886

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Ri.vu.la’ri.a. L. masc. dim. n. rivulus, a brook; N.L. fem. n. Rivularia, an organism from a brook

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): feminine (stem: Rivulari-), ri-wu-LA-ri-a

Type species: Rivularia dura Roth ex Bornet and Flahault 1886

Valid publication: Bornet É, Flahault C. Revision des Nostocacées hétérocystées contenues dans les principaux herbiers de France (deuxième fragment). Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Botanique, Septième Série 1886; 4:343-373.

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Cayeuxia Frollo 1938	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
    Zonotrichites Bornemann 1887	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family Rivulariaceae Frank 1886. Publication: Frank AB. Dr. Johannes Leunis Synopsis der Pflanzenkunde. Aufl. 3. Band. 3. Unknown Publisher, Hannover, 1886.
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family Rivulariaceae Rabenhorst ex Bornet and Flahault 1886. Publication: Bornet É, Flahault C. Revision des Nostocacées hétérocystées contenues dans les principaux herbiers de France. Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Botanique, Septième série 1886; 3:323-381.
  • 🧕 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. 🇺🇸
  • 🧕 Eichler (1886) assigned this genus to the family Nostocaceae Eichler 1886. Publication: Eichler AW. Syllabus der Vorlesungen über specielle und medicinisch-pharmaceutische Botanik, 4. Aufl. Gebrüder Borntraeger, Berlin, 1886.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Bioularia"; "Biuularia"; "Bivularia"; "Blvularia"; "Eivularia"; "Hivularia"; "Iiivularia"; "Ilivularia"; "Itivularia"; "Kivularia"; "Pivularia"; "Revularia"; "Ricularia"; "Riimlaria"; "Ripularia"; "Rirularia"; "Rivalaria"; "Rivenlaria"; "Rividaria"; "Riviilaria"; "Rivnlaria"; "Rivrrlaria"; "Rivsilaria"; "Rivualaria"; "Rivucaria"; "Rivuiaria"; "Rivuinria"; "Rivukaria"; "Rivulafia"; "Rivulaiia"; "Rivulakia"; "Rivulanria"; "Rivulariam"; "Rivularieis"; "Rivulariis"; "Rivularla"; "Rivularta"; "Rivulauia"; "Rivulavia"; "Rivulciria"; "Rivulnria"; "Rivulsria"; "Rivuluria"; "Rivutaria"; "Rivuzaria"; "Rivvilaria"; "Rivvlaria"; "Rivwlaria"; "Riwularia"; "Riwvularia"; "Rizularia"; "Rlviilaria"; "Rlvularia"; "Rvularia"; "Rwularia"; "Rzvularia"; "Uivularia".
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: NMC: 1; CCMP: 1; CCALA: 1.
  • 💥 This name is a homonym of Rivularia A.W. Roth, 1797 (botanical); Rivularia Heude, 1890 (zoological) [from Catalogue of Life].
  • 🧍 Rivularia is also a genus name of gastropods. Publication: Zhang C, Guo J, Yang H, Zhang JE. Complete mitochondrial genome of Rivularia auriculata (Gastropoda, Viviparidae) with phylogenetic consideration. Mitochondrial DNA B Resour 2019; 4:4049-4050. 🇨🇳
  • 🧍 Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "RULA" 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: 42
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 43
Total number of child taxa: 53

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Rivularia aquatica De Wildeman 1897	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Rivularia atanasiui (Dragastan 1971) Dragastan 1985	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Rivularia atra Roth ex Bornet and Flahault 1886	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Rivularia borealis Richter 1897	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Rivularia bornetiana Setchell 1895	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Rivularia carpathica Dragastan 1985	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    "Rivularia cartilaginea" Wood 1869	not validly published	preferred name
    Rivularia cavanillesiana González Guerrero 1946	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Rivularia coadunata (Sommerfelt 1826) Foslie 1891	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Rivularia concentrica Skinner and Entwisle 2002	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Rivularia dianae (Dragastan and Bucur 1978) Dragastan 1985	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Rivularia dura Roth ex Bornet and Flahault 1886	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Rivularia firma Womersley 1946	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Rivularia flagelliformis Gardner 1927	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    "Rivularia frondosa" Roth 1810	not validly published	preferred name
    "Rivularia fruticulosa" (Johnson and Kaska 1965) Dragastan 1985	not validly published	preferred name
    Rivularia globiceps West 1907	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Rivularia halophila Shalygin and Pietrasiak 2018	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Rivularia hansgirgi Schmidle 1900	inaccurate spelling (ICN [Botanical Code])	misspelling
    Rivularia hansgirgii corrig. Schmidle 1900	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Rivularia intermedia Lemmermann 1907	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Rivularia joshii Vasishta 1962	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Rivularia kurdistanensis (Elliott 1957) Dragastan 1985	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Rivularia lapidosa Čado 1958	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Rivularia laurentiana Klugh 1913	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Rivularia lemaitrae (Dragastan 1969) Dragastan 1985	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Rivularia lissaviensis (Bornemann 1887) Dragastan 1985	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Rivularia longiarticulata (West 1907) Lemmermann 1910	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Rivularia maharastrensis Kamat 1963	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Rivularia maillardii Bourrelly 1984	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Rivularia mamillata Setchell and Gardner 1918	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    "Rivularia mediterranea" (Herak 1967) Dragastan 1985	not validly published	preferred name
    Rivularia mehrae corrig. Vasishta 1959	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Rivularia mehrai Vasishta 1959	inaccurate spelling (ICN [Botanical Code])	misspelling
    Rivularia minutula Bornet and Flahault 1886	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Rivularia moesica (Dragastan and Bucur 1978) Dragastan 1985	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    "Rivularia nipponica" (Hirose 1937) Bourrelly 1970	not validly published	preferred name
    Rivularia piae (Frollo 1938) Dragastan 1985	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Rivularia planctonica Elenkin 1921	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Rivularia punctulata (Thuret 1875) Lemmermann 1907	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Rivularia rabenhorstii (Bornet and Thuret 1880) Lemmermann 1907	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Rivularia radians Thuret ex Frank 1886	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Rivularia rivularis (Nägeli ex Kützing 1849) Kirchner 1888	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Rivularia rufescens Nägeli ex Bornet and Flahault 1886	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Rivularia sphaerica Hirose 1937	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Rivularia tadeuszi Dragastan 1985	inaccurate spelling (ICN [Botanical Code])	misspelling
    Rivularia tadeuszii corrig. Dragastan 1985	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Rivularia theodori Dragastan 1985	inaccurate spelling (ICN [Botanical Code])	misspelling
    Rivularia theodorii corrig. Dragastan 1985	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Rivularia thermalis Li 1984	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    "Rivularia tuberiformis" Smith 1809	not validly published	preferred name
    Rivularia varia Islam and Begum 1981	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Rivularia vieillardii Bornet and Flahault 1886	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name

Parent taxon: Rivulariaceae Rabenhorst ex Bornet and Flahault 1886

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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