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Taxon: Genus Arthrospira E. Stizenberger ex Gomont (1892) (alga)
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Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Bacillati - (Phylum) Cyanobacteria - (Class) Cyanophyceae - (Order) Oscillatoriales - (Family) Microcoleaceae

Subsequent positions

Microcoleaceae (Family) Komárek, J. Kaštovský, J. Mareš & J.R.Johans. (2014), nom. illeg. Ref: J. Komárek et al., 2014: App. 1 (p. 334).

Current position

Microcoleaceae (Family) Komárek, J. Kaštovský, J. Mareš & J.R.Johans. (2014), nom. illeg. Ref: O. Strunecký et al., 2023: tbl. 1.

Alternative positions

I (Family) Ref: G.M. Garrity et al., 2001b: 5.
III (Subsection) Ref: G.M. Garrity & J.G. Holt, 2001a: 157.
Oscillatoriaceae (Family) Engl. (1898), nom. cons. Ref: E.I. Friedmann, 1982: 51.
Phormidiaceae (Family) Anagn. & Komárek (1988) Ref: L. Hoffmann et al., 2005: tbl. 3 (p. 111); CyanoDB(29 Sep 2007).
Phormidioideae (Subfamily) Ref: J. Komárek & S. Golubić, [2005]: App. 1 (p. 56); CyanoDB[21 Oct 2005].

Historical positions

Microcoleaceae (Family) Komárek, J. Kaštovský, J. Mareš & J.R.Johans. (2014), nom. illeg. Ref: O. Strunecký et al., 2023: tbl. 1.
Microcoleaceae (Family) Komárek, J. Kaštovský, J. Mareš & J.R.Johans. (2014), nom. illeg. Ref: J. Komárek et al., 2014: App. 1 (p. 334). [new position]
Phormidiaceae (Family) Anagn. & Komárek (1988) Ref: L. Hoffmann et al., 2005: tbls. 2 (p. 108), 3 (p. 111).
Phormidioideae (Subfamily) Ref: J. Komárek & S. Golubić, [2005]: App. 1 (p. 56).
I (Family) Ref: G.M. Garrity et al., 2001b: 5.
III (Subsection) Ref: G.M. Garrity & J.G. Holt, 2001a: 157.
Oscillatoriaceae (Family) Engl. (1898), nom. cons. Ref: E.I. Friedmann, 1982: 51.

Number of Subtaxa

2026 Available in Systema Naturae 2000 21s
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