Name: Spirulina Turpin ex Gomont 1892

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: N.L. fem. dim. n. Spirulina, a small coil

Gender: feminine (stem: Spirulin-)

Type species: Spirulina major Kützing ex Gomont 1892

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

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

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Paraspirulina" Walter et al. 2017	heterotypic synonym, not validly published

• Notes:
  • Nomenclatural type of the family Spirulinaceae (Gomont 1892) Hoffmann et al. 2005. Publication: Hoffmann L, Komárek J, Kaštovský J. System of cyanoprokaryotes (cyanobacteria) – state in 2004. Algol. Stud. 2005; 117:95-115.
  • Nomenclatural type of the order Spirulinales Komárek et al. 2014. Publication: Komárek J, Kaštovský J, Mareš J, Johansen JR. Taxonomic classification of cyanoprokaryotes (cyanobacterial genera) 2014, using a polyphasic approach. Preslia 2014; 86:295-335.
  • 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.
  • Geitler (1925) assigned this genus to the family Oscillatoriaceae Engler 1898. Publication: Geitler L. Synoptische Darstellung der Cyanophyceen in morphologischer und systematischer Hinsicht. Beihefte zum Botanischen Centralblatt 1925; 41:163-294.
  • This taxon name is occasionally misprinted in some sources as: "Sflirulina"; "Sibirulina"; "Spimlina"; "Spiriilina"; "Spirolaenia"; "Spirudina"; "Spirufina"; "Spiruina"; "Spirukina"; "Spirulirza"; "Spiruliua"; "Spirullna"; "Spirulma"; "Spirutina"; "Sprirulina".
  • The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: UTEX: 2; SAG: 1; CCALA: 1.
  • According to Komarek and Golubic (1990) originally assigned to Cyanobacteria but maybe protozoa, maybe pollen grains (Drouet 1968). Publication: Komarek J, Golubic S. Guide to the Nomenclature and formal taxonomic treatment of oxyphototroph prokaryotes (Cyanoprokaryotes). Unknown Publisher, Unknown City, 1990.
  • Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "SRUL" 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: 9
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 13
Total number of child taxa: 14

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Spirulina aeruginea Buell 1938	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Spirulina caldaria Tilden 1898	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Spirulina condensata Welsh 1964	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    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 laxa Smith 1916	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Spirulina laxissima West 1907	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    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 maxima (Setchell and Gardner 1917) Geitler 1932	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), illegitimate name	synonym
    Spirulina platensis Geitler 1925	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Spirulina pseudovacuolata Utermöhl ex Koppe 1924	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Spirulina subsalsa Oersted ex Gomont 1892	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    "Spirulina tenuissima" Kuetzing 1836	not validly published

Parent taxon: Spirulinaceae (Gomont 1892) Hoffmann et al. 2005

Assigned by: Hoffmann L, Komárek J, Kaštovský J. System of cyanoprokaryotes (cyanobacteria) – state in 2004. Algol. Stud. 2005; 117:95-115.

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