Name: Sphaerospermum Zapomělová et al. 2009

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: N.L. neut. n. Sphaerospermum, The name of the genus is derived from Greek. The prefix sphaero-, reflects the shape of the akinetes. The second part of the name, spermum, is adopted from the subgeneric name Dolichospermum, from which the new genus has been hereby separated

Gender: neuter (stem: Sphaerosperm-)

Type species: Sphaerospermum reniforme (Lemmermann 1898) Zapomělová et al. 2009

Valid 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.

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

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Sphaerospermopsis Zapomělová et al. 2010

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Sphaerospermopsis Zapomělová et al. 2010	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)

• Notes:
  • 🚂 For the type species of this genus another name is in use, which is affiliated with the genus Sphaerospermopsis Zapomělová et al. 2010. Publication: Zapomelová E, Jezberová J, Hrouzek P, Hisem D, Reháková K, Komárková J. Nomenclatural Note: Polyphasic characterization of three strains of Anabaena reniformis and Aphanizomenon aphanizomenoides (cyanobacteria) and their reclassification to Sphaerospermum gen. nov. (incl. Anabaena kisseleviana) (45: 1363-73). Journal of Phycology 2010; 46:415.
  • 🧍 Later homonym of Sphaerospermum P. Cleve 1868. Publication: McNeill J, Barrie FR, Buck WR, Demoulin V, Greuter W, Hawksworth DL, Herendeen PS, Knapp S, Marhold K, Prado J, et al. International Code of Nomenclature for Algae, Fungi and Plants (Melbourne Code). Koeltz Scientific Books, Königstein, 2012.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 4
Total number of child taxa: 4

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Sphaerospermum aphanizomenoides (Forti 1911) Zapomělová et al. 2009	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), illegitimate name	synonym
    Sphaerospermum kisselevianum (Elenkin 1938) Zapomělová et al. 2009	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), illegitimate name	synonym
    Sphaerospermum oumianum (Watanabe 1996) Tuji and Niiyama 2010	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), illegitimate name	synonym
    Sphaerospermum reniforme (Lemmermann 1898) Zapomělová et al. 2009	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), illegitimate name	synonym

Parent taxon: Aphanizomenaceae corrig. Elenkin 1938

Assigned by: 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.

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