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Blue Green Algae

Cyanobacteria

Scientific Names

Preferred Names

Cyanobacteria
Phylum recognized by Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2 1
Reference taxon from NCBI Taxonomy
Cyanobacteria
Family recognized by Thailand Species List
Cyanobacteria
Species recognized by Protists in Singapore
Cyanobacteria
Recognized by iNaturalist, Turkmenistan, Sulu Sea Species List, Timor Sea Species List, White Sea Species List, United Kingdom Species List, South Atlantic Species List, Arctic Algae, Gulf of Bothnia Species List, Indian Ocean Species List, Arctic Ocean Species List, Southern Ocean Species List, North Pacific Species List, South Pacific Species List, North Atlantic Species List, North Sea Species List, Celtic Sea Species List, Norwegian Sea Species List, Greenland Sea Species List, Irish Sea Species List, Kattegat Species List, Skagerrak Species List, English Channel Species List, Bristol Channel Species List, Balearic Sea Species List, Strait of Gibraltar Species List, Tyrrhenian Sea Species List, Barents Sea Species List, Mozambique Channel Species List, Red Sea Species List, Gulf of Aden Species List, Persian Gulf Species List, Arabian Sea Species List, Bay of Bengal Species List, Andaman Sea Species List, Great Australian Bight Species List, Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland Species, Caribbean Sea Species List, Gulf of Mexico Species List, Gulf of St Lawrence Species List, Philippine Sea Species List, Eastern China Sea Species List, Seto Inland Sea Species List, Sea of Japan Species List, Gulf of Alaska Species List, South China Sea Species List, Tasman Sea Species List, Sweden Species List, Delete- old US Species List, Northwestern Passages Species List, Java Sea Species List, Mexico Species List, Finland Species List, Estonia Species List, Indonesia Species List, Gulf of Guinea Species List, Guinea Bissau Species List, Bismarck Sea Species List, Coral Sea Species List, Bass Strait Species List, Arafura Sea Species List, Aegean Sea Species List, Ivory Coast Species List, Australia Species List, NMNH Botany in DwCA, Edwards et al, BioImages, the virtual fieldguide, UK, Brazil Species List, Canada Species List, China Species List, Greenland Species List, Japan Species List, Philippines Species List, Russia Species List, Egypt Species List, EOL staff, Moorea Biocode, Alboran Sea Species List, Furui 2020, United States Species List, and Flickr Group
Cyanobacteria Stanier ex Cavalier-Smith 2002
Phylum recognized by World Register of Marine Species
Cyanophyceae
Class recognized by Wikidata, PBDB in DwCA, and Wikimedia Commons

Alternative Names

Cyanophyceae
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2 1
Reference taxon from NCBI Taxonomy
Cyanophycota
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2 1
Reference taxon from NCBI Taxonomy
Cyanophyta
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2 1
Reference taxon from NCBI Taxonomy
Oxygenic photosynthetic bacteria
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2 1
Reference taxon from NCBI Taxonomy
Oxyphotobacteria
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2 1
Reference taxon from NCBI Taxonomy
Aeolisaccus G. F. Elliott
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Amalia G. B. De Toni 1934
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Amurella Vologdin
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Anabaenella H. Welsh 1964
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Angulocellularia A. G. Vologdin
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Bacinella R. Radoicic
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Bernardinella R. Chodat 1921
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Bichatia
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Campylotropium T. Hortobágyi & D. K. Hilliard
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Chroobacter
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Cladophorites
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Corbularia Vologdin
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Cyanarchus
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Cyanophycota
Harvest ancestor according to Flickr Group, Flickr Group, Flickr Group, and Flickr Group
Cyanophyta
Harvest ancestor according to Flickr Group
Cyanophyta
Subjective synonym according to PBDB in DwCA
Dictyophycus K. B. Korde
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Dictyothrix
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Entophysolites
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Erythroconis A. S. Ørsted 1842
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Glaucothrix
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Hecetaphyton Riding & Soja 1993
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Hormactis
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Leuconema Kaas
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Mastichonema
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Merismopedium
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Micraloa B. Biasoletto 1832
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Nostocella
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Nostocites
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Nostocopsis Mädler
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Palaeomicrocystis P. K. Maithy 1975
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Palmelloidea
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Platella Korolyuk 1963
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Polypothrix
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Pseudoanabaena
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Rectangulina
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Renalcis Vologdin
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Setula Nikitin et al. 1974
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Spirillopsis E. Naumann 1922
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Stromatocerium
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Syringogyra
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Trichospira Mc Neill
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Trichostroma Link
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Tubercularia Vologdin
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Vermioidea
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Vesicophyton
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Vesicularia Micheli ex G. Targioni-Tozzetti
Doubtful according to GBIF classification

Common Names

English

blue-green algae preferred
blue-green bacteria

Afrikaans

Sianobakterie preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Albanian

Algat jeshile-blu preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Arabic

بكتيريا زرقاء preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Armenian

Ցիանոբակտերիաներ preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Azerbaijani

Göy-yaşıl yosunlar preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Basque

Zianobakterio preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Belarusian

цыанабактэрыі preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Bengali

সায়ানোব্যাকটেরিয়া preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Bulgarian

цианобактерии preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Catalan; Valencian

cianobacteri preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Chinese

蓝菌 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata
藍菌 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Czech

sinice preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Danish

Cyanobakterie preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Dutch; Flemish

blauwalgen preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Esperanto

cianobakterio preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Estonian

Tsüanobakterid preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Finnish

Syanobakteerit preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Galician

Cianobacterias preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Georgian

ლურჯ-მწვანე წყალმცენარეები preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

German

Cyanobakterien preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Greek, Modern (1453-)

Κυανοβακτήρια preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Haitian; Haitian Creole

Syanobakteri preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Hebrew

כחוליות preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Hindi

नील हरित शैवाल preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Hungarian

cianobaktériumok preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Icelandic

Blágerlar preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Irish

cianbhaictéir preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Japanese

シアノバクテリア門 preferred
Recognized by Furui 2020
シアノバクテリア preferred
藍藻 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Kazakh

Cïanobakterïyalar preferred
Recognized by Wikidata
Цианобактериялар preferred
Recognized by Wikidata
تسىيانوباكتەرىييالار preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Kirghiz; Kyrgyz

Көкжашыл балырлар preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Korean

남조류 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Latvian

Zilaļģes preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Lithuanian

Melsvabakterės preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Macedonian

Цијанобактерии preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Malayalam

സയനോബാക്ടീരിയ preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

North Frisian

Blä algen preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Norwegian

blågrønnbakterier preferred
Recognized by Wikidata
cyanobakteriar preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Persian

سیانوباکتر preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Polish

sinice preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Punjabi

ਨੀਲ ਹਰੀ ਕਾਈ preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Quechua

Anqas añaki preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Romanian; Moldavian; Moldovan

algă albastră-verde preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Russian

цианобактерии preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Serbian

модрозелене бактерије preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Sindhi

سائنوبئڪٽيريا preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Sinhalese

සයනොබැක්ටීරියා preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Slovak

Sinice preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Spanish; Castilian

Modrozelene cepljivke preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Swedish

Cyanobakterier preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Tamil

நீலப்பச்சைப்பாசி preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Thai

สาหร่ายสีเขียวแกมน้ำเงิน preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Turkish

Siyanobakteri preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Ukrainian

ціанобактерії preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Uzbek

Koʻk-yashil suvoʻtlar preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Vietnamese

Vi khuẩn lam preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Wu

蓝菌门 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Nan

Nâ-sè-khún preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Sr Ec

Модрозелене бактерије preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Sr El

Modrozelene bakterije preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Yue

藍藻 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Zh Cn

蓝菌 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Zh Hans

蓝菌 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Zh Hant

藍菌 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Zh Hk

藍菌 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Zh Tw

藍菌 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata
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Curated hierarchies for Cyanobacteria