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Taxon: Genus "Spirulina" Turpin ex Gomont 1892 nom. inval. (prokaryote)
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Authorship

SN2000 author citation:  P.J.F. Turpin, 1827 ex M. Gomont, 1892[1893][1892], nom. prok. post., nom. praeinit.
Subsequent use as a prokaryotic name:  Boone, D.R. & Castenholz, R.W. (eds.) 2001. In G.M. Garrity (ed.), Bergey's Man. Syst. Bacteriol. (ed. 2) 1: 541 (R.W. Castenholz, R. Rippka, M. Herdman & A. Wilmotte: key), 557 (R.W. Castenholz, R. Rippka, M. Herdman & A. Wilmotte: "Form-genus ... Turpin 1829 ex Gomont 1892").

Attributes

Prokaryotic name, by subsequent use (: nom. prok. post.) [ICNB/ICNP] Ref: S.J. Brands (comp.), 1989-present. Syst. Nat. 2000: 4 Dec 2025.
Prokaryotic name (: nom. prok.) [ICNB/ICNP] Ref: D.R. Boone & R.W. Castenholz (eds.), 2001. In G.M. Garrity (ed.), Bergey's Man. Syst. Bacteriol. (ed. 2) 1: 557 (R.W. Castenholz, R. Rippka, M. Herdman & A. Wilmotte).
Effectively, but not validly, published name (nom. inval.) [ICNP, 2019: Rule 25, App. 7 (IJSEM)] Ref: G.M. Garrity et al. 2007. Taxon. Outl. Bacteria Archaea (v. 7.7, pt. 2): 47.
Pre-starting-point name (nom. inval.[: praeinit.]) [ICNP, 2022: Rule 30 (Cyanobacteria(ICN), <2021)] Ref: S.J. Brands (comp.), 1989-present. Syst. Nat. 2000: 4 Dec 2025.

Variants

Validly published name: Spirulina (Genus) Turpin ex Gomont 1892 Ref: LPSN, 2020-present: [17 Feb 2026]; 17 Feb 2026. [inferred]
Name in original code of nomenclature: Spirulina (Genus) P.J.F. Turpin ex Gomont (1892) Ref: S.J. Brands (comp.), 1989-present: [<17 Feb 2026].

Homonyms

Junior homonym (unavailable): Spirulina (Suborder) Pompeckj, 1912 Ref: S.J. Brands (comp.), 1989-present: 17 Feb 2026.
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