Name: Planktothrix rubescens (De Candolle ex Gomont 1892) Anagnostidis and Komárek 1988

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Oscillatoria rubescens De Candolle ex Gomont 1892

Etymology: ru.bes’cens. L. part. adj. rubescens, becoming red

Gender: feminine

Type strain: CCAP 1459/22; CYA 18; NIES 610; NIVA-CYA 18

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: X84811 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Anagnostidis K, Komárek J. Modern approach to the classification system of the cyanophytes 3: Oscillatoriales. Algol. Stud. 1988; 50-53:327-472.

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Oscillatoria rubescens De Candolle ex Gomont 1892	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)

• Emendations:
  • Suda et al. 2002 Suda S, Watanabe MM, Otsuka S, Mahakahant A, Yongmanitchai W, Nopartnaraporn N, Liu Y, Day JG. Taxonomic revision of water-bloom-forming species of oscillatorioid cyanobacteria. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:1577-1595.
    Notes:
    • 🧍 Suda et al. 2002 propose an emendation of the species "Planktothrix rubescens" which has no standing in nomenclature under the Rules of the Bacteriological Code (1990 Revision). — Planktothrix rubescens (D.C. ex Gomont) Anagnostidis and Komárek 1988 is validly published under the International Code of Botanical Nomenclature.

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.24541 (N = 2).
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 94 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
  • 🧍 See also Boone et al. (2001). Publication: Castenholz RW, Rippka R, Herdman M, And Wilmotte A. Form-genus X. Planktothrix Anagnostidis and Komarek 1988. In: Boone DR, Castenholz RW, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, second edition, vol. 1 (The Archaea and the deeply branching and phototrophic Bacteria), Springer-Verlag, New York, 2001, p. 553.

Parent taxon: Planktothrix Anagnostidis and Komárek 1988

Assigned by: Anagnostidis K, Komárek J. Modern approach to the classification system of the cyanophytes 3: Oscillatoriales. Algol. Stud. 1988; 50-53:327-472.

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