Name: Sphaerospermopsis Zapomělová et al. 2010

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Sphae.ros.perm.op’sis. N.L. neut. n. Sphaerospermum, a cyanobacterial genus name; Gr. fem. n. opsis, aspect, appearance; N.L. fem. n. Sphaerospermopsis, a genus resembling Sphaerospermum

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): feminine (stem: Sphaerospermopsid-), sp^ha͡e-ros-perm-OP-sis

Type species: Sphaerospermopsis reniformis (Lemmermann 1898) Zapomělová et al. 2010

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Zapomělová E, Jezberová J, Hrouzek P, Hisem D, Řeháková K, Komárková J. Polyphasic characterisation of three strains of Anabaena reniformis and Aphanizomenon aphanizomenoides (Cyanobacteria) and their reclasification to Sphaerospermum gen. nov. (incl. Anabaena kisseleviana) (45: 1363-1373). Nomenclatural note. Journal of Phycology 2010; 46:415. 🇨🇿

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Sphaerospermum Zapomělová et al. 2009	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), illegitimate name

• Notes:
  • 🧕 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. 🇨🇿
  • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Anabaena Bory ex Bornet and Flahault 1886. Publication: Lemmermann E. Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Planktonalgen. II. Beschreibung neuer Formen. Botanisches Centralblatt 1898; 76:150-156.
  • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Sphaerospermum Zapomělová et al. 2009. Publication: Zapomelova E, Jezberova J, Hrouzek P, Hisem D, Rehakova K, Komarkova J. POLYPHASIC CHARACTERIZATION OF THREE STRAINS OF ANABAENA RENIFORMIS AND APHANIZOMENON APHANIZOMENOIDES (CYANOBACTERIA) AND THEIR RECLASSIFICATION TO SPHAEROSPERMUM GEN. NOV. (INCL. ANABAENA KISSELEVIANA)(1). J Phycol 2009; 45:1363-1373. 🇨🇿
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Sphaeropermopsis"; "Sphaerospemopsis".
  • 💁 Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Li et al. (2016). Editors in search of reviewers are advised to consider additional criteria such as whether a taxon is covered by one of the ICSP subcommittees.
  • 🧍 Full authorship: Zapomělová, Jezberová, Hrouzek, Hisem, Řeháková and Komárková 2010.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 7
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 7
Total number of child taxa: 7

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Sphaerospermopsis aphanizomenoides (Forti 1911) Zapomělová et al. 2010	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Sphaerospermopsis crassa Li and Li 2016	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Sphaerospermopsis eucompacta (Li and Watanabe 1999) Li and Li 2015	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Sphaerospermopsis kisseleviana (Elenkin 1938) Zapomělová et al. 2010	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Sphaerospermopsis oumiana (Watanabe 1996) Tuji and Niiyama 2012	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Sphaerospermopsis reniformis (Lemmermann 1898) Zapomělová et al. 2010	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Sphaerospermopsis torquesreginae (Komárek 1984) Werner et al. 2012	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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