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Taxon: Genus Spirulina P.J.F. Turpin ex Gomont (1892) (alga)
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Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Bacillati - (Phylum) Cyanobacteria - (Class) Cyanophyceae - (Order) Spirulinales - (Family) Spirulinaceae

Subsequent positions

Spirulinaceae (Family) Hoffmann, Komárek & Kaštovský (2014) Ref: J. Komárek et al., 2014: App. 1 (p. 333).

Current position

Spirulinaceae (Family) Hoffmann, Komárek & Kaštovský (2014) Ref: O. Strunecký et al., 2023: tbl. 1.

Alternative positions

I (Family) Ref: G.M. Garrity et al., 2001b: 5.
III (Section) R. Rippka et al. 1979 Ref: R. Rippka et al., 1979
III (Subsection) Ref: G.M. Garrity & J.G. Holt, 2001a: 157.
Oscillatoriaceae (Family) Engl. (1898), nom. cons. Ref: E.I. Friedmann, 1982: 51.
Pseudanabaenoideae (Subfamily) Ref: J. Komárek & S. Golubić, [2005]: App. 1 (p. 73); CyanoDB[23 Oct 2005].
Spirulinaceae (Family) Hoffmann, Komárek & Kaštovský (2005), nom. inval. Ref: L. Hoffmann et al., 2005: tbl. 3 (p. 111); CyanoDB(3 Oct 2007).

Historical positions

Spirulinaceae (Family) Hoffmann, Komárek & Kaštovský (2014) Ref: O. Strunecký et al., 2023: tbl. 1.
Spirulinaceae (Family) Hoffmann, Komárek & Kaštovský (2014) Ref: J. Komárek et al., 2014: App. 1 (p. 333). [new position]
Spirulinaceae (Family) Hoffmann, Komárek & Kaštovský (2005), nom. inval. Ref: L. Hoffmann et al., 2005: tbls. 2 (p. 108), 3 (p. 111).
Pseudanabaenoideae (Subfamily) Ref: J. Komárek & S. Golubić, [2005]: App. 1 (p. 73).
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: T. Koray, 2001: 5.
Cyanobacteria (Phylum) (ex Stanier 1974) Cavalier-Smith 2002 stat. inval. Ref: L. Margulis & K.V. Schwartz, 1998: 78. [rough position]
Oscillatoriaceae (Family) Engl. (1898), nom. cons. Ref: E.I. Friedmann, 1982: 51.
III (Section) R. Rippka et al. 1979 Ref: R. Rippka et al., 1979
Oscillatorian (Subgroup) Ref: R.Y. Stanier & G. Cohen-Bazire, 1977

Number of Subtaxa

2026 Available in Systema Naturae 2000 14s
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