Species Oscillatoria jenneri

Name: Oscillatoria jenneri (Stizenberger ex Gomont 1892) Compère 1974

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Arthrospira jenneri Stizenberger ex Gomont 1892

Etymology: jen’ne.ri. N.L. gen. masc. n. jenneri, named in honor of Edward Jenner, English physician and scientist

Pronunciation, gender: … JEN-ne-ri, feminine

Valid publication: Compère P. Cyanophycées de la region du lac Tchad, taxons, combinaisons et noms nouveaux. Bulletin du Jardin Botanique National de Belgique / Bulletin van de National Plantentuin van België 1974; 44:17-21.

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

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Arthrospira jenneri Stizenberger ex Gomont 1892

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Arthrospira jenneri Stizenberger ex Gomont 1892	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)

Notes:
- 😡 This taxon name is a homonym of "Oscillatoria jenneri" (Hassall 1845) Bourrelly 1970.
- ❗ Oscillatoria jenneri 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 Oscillatoria.
- 🎓 Name mentioned 0 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
- 🧍 Disputed reclassification. Publication: Komarek J, Golubic S. Guide to the Nomenclature and formal taxonomic treatment of oxyphototroph prokaryotes (Cyanoprokaryotes). Unknown Publisher, Unknown City, 1990.

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
Oscillatoria jenneri f. brevis Tracanna 1985	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name

Parent taxon: Oscillatoria Vaucher ex Gomont 1892

Assigned by: Compère P. Cyanophycées de la region du lac Tchad, taxons, combinaisons et noms nouveaux. Bulletin du Jardin Botanique National de Belgique / Bulletin van de National Plantentuin van België 1974; 44:17-21.

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Record number: 42782

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Species Oscillatoria jenneri