Name: Nodularia spumigena Mertens ex Bornet and Flahault 1886

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: spu.mi’ge.na. L. fem. n. spuma, foam; L. inf. v. gignere, to bear; N.L. fem. n. spumigena, born from foam

Gender: feminine

Valid publication: Bornet É, Flahault C. Revision des Nostocacées hétérocystées contenues dans les principaux herbiers de France (quatrième et dernier fragment). Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Botanique, Septième Série 1886; 7:177-262.

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1". — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 167 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🧍 See also Wille (1904). Publication: Wille N. Die Schizophyceen der Plankton Expedition. In: Hensen V (eds), Ergebnisse der Plankton-Expedition der Humbolt-Stiftung. Band 4(Mf), Verlag von Lipsius & Tischer, Kiel, 1904, p. 1-88.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 6
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 8
Total number of child taxa: 8

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Nodularia spumigena var. aerophila Brabez 1941	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Nodularia spumigena var. crassa Woronichin 1929	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Nodularia spumigena var. hungarica Hortobágyi 1941	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Nodularia spumigena var. litorea Bornet and Flahault 1886	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Nodularia spumigena var. major Bornet and Flahault 1886	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Nodularia spumigena var. minor Fritsch 1912	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Nodularia spumigena var. vacuolata Fritsch and Rich 1929	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Nodularia spumigena var. zujaris González Guerrero 1930	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name

Parent taxon: Nodularia Mertens ex Bornet and Flahault 1886

Assigned by: Bornet É, Flahault C. Revision des Nostocacées hétérocystées contenues dans les principaux herbiers de France (quatrième et dernier fragment). Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Botanique, Septième Série 1886; 7:177-262.

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Record number: 40361