| Name | Spirulina Turpin ex Gomont | 
| Authorship | Turpin ex Gomont | 
| Rank | Genus | 
| Placed in | Spirulinaceae (Gomont) L. Hoffmann, J. Komárek & J. Ka | 
| Contains | Spirulina major Kützing Spirulina sp. Spirulina subsalsa Oersted Spirulina tenuissima Kützing Spirulina turfosa Cramer | 
| Remarks | Lectotype: S. major Kützing ex Gomont (vide L. Geitler in A. Engler & K. Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. ed. 2. 1b: 219. 1942) | 
| Citation | 1892 [1 Jan 1892] Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. sér. 7, 16: 96, 249 | 
