Species Anabaena tenericaulis

Name: Anabaena tenericaulis Nygaard 1949

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: te.ne.ri.cau’lis. L. masc. n. caulis, stem; N.L. masc. n. tenericaulis, nominative in apposition

Pronunciation, gender: te-ne-ri-KA͡U-lis, feminine

Holotype: 08-10; 08-11

16S rRNA gene: JQ237773 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Nygaard G. Hydrobiological studies on some Danish ponds and lakes. Part II: The quotient hypothesis and some new or little known phytoplankton organisms. Det Kongelige Norske Videnskabers Selskabs Skrifter 1949; 7:1-294.

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

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Dolichospermum tenericaulis corrig. (Nygaard 1949) Zapomělová et al. 2013

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
"Dolichospermum tenericaule" (Nygaard 1949) Zapomělová et al. 2012	homotypic synonym, not validly published
Dolichospermum tenericaule (Nygaard 1949) Zapomělová et al. 2013	homotypic synonym, inaccurate spelling (ICN [Botanical Code])
Dolichospermum tenericaulis corrig. (Nygaard 1949) Zapomělová et al. 2013	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)

Notes:
- ❗ Anabaena tenericaulis 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 0 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 tenericaulis var. longispora Nygaard 1949	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name

Parent taxon: Anabaena Bory ex Bornet and Flahault 1886

Assigned by: Nygaard G. Hydrobiological studies on some Danish ponds and lakes. Part II: The quotient hypothesis and some new or little known phytoplankton organisms. Det Kongelige Norske Videnskabers Selskabs Skrifter 1949; 7:1-294.

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Record number: 33316

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Species Anabaena tenericaulis