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Order Spirulinales
Name: Spirulinales Komárek et al. 2014
Etymology: Spi.ru.li.na’les. N.L. fem. pl. n. Spirulinales, the Spirulina order
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
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Notes:
- 🧕 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.
- 🧒 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: UTEX: 2; CCALA: 1; SAG: 1.
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
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status Lusitaniellaceae Strunecký and Mareš 2023 validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) correct name Spirulinaceae (Gomont 1892) Hoffmann et al. 2005 validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) correct name
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Parent taxon: Cyanophyceae Bennett and Murray 1889
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: 6536
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