Name: Cylindrospermopsis africana Komárek and Kling 1991

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: a.fri.ca’na. L. fem. adj. africana, African, pertaining to Africa

Gender: feminine

Type strain: Fig. 10a

Valid publication: Komárek J, Kling H. Variation in six planktonic cyanophyte genera in Lake Victoria (East Africa). Algological Studies 1991; 61:24-45.

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

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Raphidiopsis africana (Komárek and Kling 1991) Aguilera et al. 2018

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Raphidiopsis africana (Komárek and Kling 1991) Aguilera et al. 2018	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)

• Notes:
  • ❗ Cylindrospermopsis africana 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 Cylindrospermopsis.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 0 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Cylindrospermopsis Seenayya and Subba Raju 1972

Assigned by: Komárek J, Kling H. Variation in six planktonic cyanophyte genera in Lake Victoria (East Africa). Algological Studies 1991; 61:24-45.

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Record number: 14289