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Name: Spirulinales Komárek et al. 2014

Category, proposed as: order, ord. nov.

Etymology: Spi.ru.li.na’les. N.L. fem. pl. n. Spirulinales, the Spirulina order

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: spi-ru-li-NA-les, feminine

Type genus: Spirulina Turpin ex Gomont 1892

Valid 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. 🇨🇿

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

  • Notes:
    • 🧕 Komarek et al. (2014) assigned this order to the class Cyanophyceae Hauck 1885. 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. 🇨🇿
    • 🧕 Komarek et al. (2014) assigned this order to the subclass "Oscillatoriophycidae" Hoffmann et al. 2005. 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. 🇨🇿
    • 🧕 Strunecky et al. (2023) assigned this order to the class Cyanophyceae Hauck 1885. 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. 🇨🇿
    • 🧒 Komarek et al. (2014) assigned the genus Spirulina Turpin ex Gomont 1892 to this order. 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. 🇨🇿
    • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: PCC: 2; UTEX: 2; CCALA: 1; CBFS: 1; SAG: 1; LEGE: 1.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 2
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 2
Total number of child taxa: 2

Parent taxon: Chroococcophyceae Hollerbach et al. 1953

Assigned by: Aleksovski B, Krstić S, Guiry MD. The names of phyla and classes of blue-green algae (cyanobacteria, cyanophytes) and a typified name: Cyanobacteriophyta Oren, Mareš et Rippka. Fottea 2025; 25:212-217. 🇮🇪

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Record number: 6536