Species Arthrospira maxima

Name: Arthrospira maxima Setchell and Gardner 1917

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ma’xi.ma. L. fem. adj. maxima, chief

Gender: feminine

Type strain: UTEX 2720

Valid publication: Gardner NL. New Pacific coast marine algae I. University of California Publications in Botany 1917; 6:377-416.

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

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Limnospira maxima (Setchell and Gardner 1917) Nowicka-Krawczyk et al. 2019

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Spirulina maxima (Setchell and Gardner 1917) Geitler 1932	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), illegitimate name, later homonym
Limnospira maxima (Setchell and Gardner 1917) Nowicka-Krawczyk et al. 2019	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)

Notes:
- ❗ Arthrospira maxima 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 Arthrospira.
- ✏ The authority of the taxon name (Setchell and Gardner) deliberately differs from the author of the publication (Gardner).
- 🎓 Name mentioned 81 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Arthrospira Stizenberger ex Gomont 1892

Assigned by: Gardner NL. New Pacific coast marine algae I. University of California Publications in Botany 1917; 6:377-416.

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Record number: 6696

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