Species Anabaena fertilissima

Name: Anabaena fertilissima Rao 1937

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: fer.ti.lis’si.ma. L. sup. fem. adj. fertilissima, fertile

Gender: feminine

Valid publication: Rao CB. The Myxophyceae of the United Provinces, India - III. Proceedings of the Indian Academy of Sciences B 1937; 6:339-375.

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

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Trichormus fertilissimus (Rao 1937) Komárek and Anagnostidis 1989

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Trichormus fertilissimus (Rao 1937) Komárek and Anagnostidis 1989	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)

Notes:
- ❗ Anabaena fertilissima is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Anabaena.
- 🎓 Name mentioned 3 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

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

Child taxa:

Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
Anabaena fertilissima f. minor Gupta and Pandey 1979	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name

Parent taxon: Anabaena Bory ex Bornet and Flahault 1886

Assigned by: Rao CB. The Myxophyceae of the United Provinces, India - III. Proceedings of the Indian Academy of Sciences B 1937; 6:339-375.

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Record number: 17283

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Species Anabaena fertilissima