Name: Limnospira platensis (Gomont 1892) Pinchart et al. 2024

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Arthrospira platensis Gomont 1892

Etymology: pla.ten’sis. N.L. fem. adj. platensis, referring to Rio de la Plata, Argentina

Pronunciation, gender: pla-TEN-sis, feminine

Holotype: 679

Valid publication: Pinchart PE, Marter P, Brinkmann H, Quilichini Y, Mysara M, Petersen J, Pasqualini V, Mastroleo F. The genus Limnospira contains only two species both unable to produce microcystins: L. maxima and L. platensis comb. nov. iScience 2024; 27:110845.

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

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Limnospira platensis (Gomont 1892) Santos and Hentschke 2023

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Oscillatoria platensis" (Nordstedt 1884) Bourrelly 1970	homotypic synonym, not validly published
    Limnospira platensis (Gomont 1892) Santos and Hentschke 2023	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
    Arthrospira jenneri var. platensis (Gomont 1892) Guarrera and Kühnemann 1949	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), distinct rank
    Arthrospira platensis Gomont 1892	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
    "Limnospira platensis" (Gomont 1892) Nowicka-Krawczyk et al. 2019	homotypic synonym, not validly published

• Notes:
  • 😩 Deposits incorrectly indicated in some sources as representing the type strain of this taxon: PCC 7345; SAG 257.80; UTEX LB192.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 9 times in PubMed until 2025-06-10.
  • 🧍 Later isonym of Limnospira platensis (Gomont 1892) Santos and Hentschke 2023. — 🧍 Later isonym of Limnospira platensis Santos and Hentschke 2023. Publication: Santos KRS, Hentschke GS, Ferrari G, Andreote APD, Fiore M, Vasconcelos V, Sant'Anna CL. Molecular, morphological and ecological studies of Limnospira platensis (Cyanobacteria), from saline and alkaline lakes, Pantanal Biome, Brazil. Frontiers in Environmental Sciences 2023; 11:1204787.

Parent taxon: Limnospira Nowicka-Krawczyk et al. 2019

Assigned by: Pinchart PE, Marter P, Brinkmann H, Quilichini Y, Mysara M, Petersen J, Pasqualini V, Mastroleo F. The genus Limnospira contains only two species both unable to produce microcystins: L. maxima and L. platensis comb. nov. iScience 2024; 27:110845.

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Record number: 65883