Name: Spirulina Turpin ex Gomont 1892
Etymology: N.L. fem. dim. n. Spirulina, a small coil
Gender: feminine (stem: Spirulin-)
Type species: Spirulina major Kützing ex Gomont 1892
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Valid publication: Gomont M. Monographie des Oscillariées (Nostocacées Homocystées) deuxiéme partie -Lyngbyées. Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Botanique, Série 7 1892; 16:91-264.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
Taxonomic status: correct name
Name | Kind |
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"Paraspirulina" Walter et al. 2017 | heterotypic synonym, not validly published |
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 26
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 37
Total number of child taxa: 38
Name | Nomenclatural status | Taxonomic status |
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Spirulina aeruginea Buell 1938 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
Spirulina agilis Kufferath 1914 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
Spirulina amethystina Buell 1938 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
Spirulina baltica Martens and Pankow 1972 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
Spirulina breviarticulata (Setchell and Gardner 1918) Geitler 1932 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
Spirulina cabrerae Gonzalez Guerrero 1946 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
Spirulina caldaria Tilden 1898 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
Spirulina cavanillesiana Gonzalez Guerrero 1946 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
Spirulina condensata Welsh 1964 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
Spirulina corakiana Playfair 1914 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
Spirulina curta (Lemmermann 1908) Geitler 1925 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | synonym |
Spirulina duplex Wolle 1887 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | synonym |
Spirulina fusiformis Woronichin 1934 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | synonym |
Spirulina gigantea Schmidle 1903 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | synonym |
Spirulina gomontiana (Setchell 1895) Geitler 1925 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
Spirulina gordiana Gonzalez Guerrero 1946 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
Spirulina labyrinthiformis (Linnaeus 1763) Gomont 1892 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
Spirulina laxa Smith 1916 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | synonym |
Spirulina laxissima West 1907 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | synonym |
Spirulina magnifica (Copeland 1936) Anagnostidis 2001 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
Spirulina major Kützing ex Gomont 1892 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
Spirulina massartii (Kufferath 1914) Geitler 1925 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
Spirulina maxima (Setchell and Gardner 1917) Geitler 1932 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), illegitimate name, later homonym | synonym |
Spirulina maxima Bernard 1909 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
Spirulina naegelii (Brügger 1863) Kirchner 1898 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
Spirulina nordstedtii Gomont 1892 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | synonym |
Spirulina okensis (Meyer 1926) Geitler 1932 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | synonym |
Spirulina platensis Geitler 1925 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
Spirulina princeps West and West 1902 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
Spirulina pseudovacuolata Utermöhl ex Koppe 1924 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | synonym |
Spirulina raphidioides Geitler 1959 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | synonym |
Spirulina regis Hoffmann 1991 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
Spirulina robusta Welsh 1965 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
Spirulina schroederi Koppe 1924 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
Spirulina socialis Gardner 1932 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
Spirulina subsalsa Oersted ex Gomont 1892 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
"Spirulina tenuissima" Kuetzing 1836 | not validly published | preferred name (not correct name) |
Spirulina weissii Drouet 1942 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
Parent taxon: Spirulinaceae (Gomont 1892) Hoffmann et al. 2005
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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Record number: 6344