Name: Spirulinopsis Bharadwaja 1963

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Spi.ru.lin.op’sis. N.L. fem. dim. n. Spirulina, a cyanobacterial genus name; Gr. fem. n. opsis, aspect, appearance; N.L. fem. n. Spirulinopsis, a genus resembling Spirulina

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): feminine (stem: Spirulinopsid-), spi-ru-lin-OP-sis

Type species: Spirulinopsis conica Bharadwaja 1963

Valid publication: Bharadwaja Y. The freshwater algae of Manipur, India - I. Proceedings of the National Institute of Sciences of India – Section B 1963; 57:239-258.

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 1
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 1
Total number of child taxa: 1

Parent taxon: Pseudanabaenaceae Anagnostidis and Komárek 1988

Assigned by: Komarek J, Golubic S. Guide to the Nomenclature and formal taxonomic treatment of oxyphototroph prokaryotes (Cyanoprokaryotes). Unknown Publisher, Unknown City, 1990.

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Record number: 17913
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