Name: Cyanophyceae Schaffner 1909

Category: Class

Proposed as: class. nov.

Gender: feminine

Valid publication: Schaffner JH. The Classification of Plants, IV. Ohio J. Sci. Acad. Sci. 1909; 9:446-455.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Oxyphotobacteria (ex Gibbons and Murray 1978) Murray 1988	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name
    Gloeobacteria Cavalier-Smith 2002	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, rejected name
    Chroobacteria Cavalier-Smith 2002	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, rejected name
    Hormogoneae Cavalier-Smith 2002	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, rejected name

• Notes:
  • Hoffmann et al. (2005) assigned this class to the phylum "Cyanobacteria" Woese et al. 1985. Publication: Hoffmann L, Komárek J, Kaštovský J. System of cyanoprokaryotes (cyanobacteria) – state in 2004. Algol. Stud. 2005; 117:95-115.
  • Breed et al. (1957) assigned the order Dermocarpales Geitler 1925 to this class. Publication: Parker CD. Genus V. Thiobacillus Beijerinck 1904. In: Breed RS, Murray EGD, Smith NR (eds), Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 7th edition, The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1957, p. 83-88.
  • Brito et al. (2017) assigned the genus Lusitaniella Ramos et al. 2017 to this class. Publication: Brito A, Ramos V, Mota R, Lima S, Santos A, Vieira J, Vieira CP, Kastovsky J, Vasconcelos VM, Tamagnini P. Description of new genera and species of marine cyanobacteria from the Portuguese Atlantic coast. Mol Phylogenet Evol 2017; 111:18-34.
  • Geitler (1932) assigned the family Oscillatoriaceae Engler 1898 to this class. Publication: Geitler L. Cyanophyceae. In: Rabenhorst L (eds), Kryptogamen-Flora von Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz. Ed. 2, Akademische Verlagsgesellschaft, Leipzig, 1932, p. 289-672.
  • Hoffmann et al. (2005) assigned the family Spirulinaceae (Gomont 1892) Hoffmann et al. 2005 to this class. Publication: Hoffmann L, Komárek J, Kaštovský J. System of cyanoprokaryotes (cyanobacteria) – state in 2004. Algol. Stud. 2005; 117:95-115.
  • Hoffmann et al. (2005) assigned the subclass "Nostocophycidae" Hoffmann et al. 2005 to this class. Publication: Hoffmann L, Komárek J, Kaštovský J. System of cyanoprokaryotes (cyanobacteria) – state in 2004. Algol. Stud. 2005; 117:95-115.
  • Hoffmann et al. (2005) assigned the subclass "Oscillatoriophycidae" Hoffmann et al. 2005 to this class. Publication: Hoffmann L, Komárek J, Kaštovský J. System of cyanoprokaryotes (cyanobacteria) – state in 2004. Algol. Stud. 2005; 117:95-115.
  • Hoffmann et al. (2005) assigned the subclass "Synechococcophycidae" Hoffmann et al. 2005 to this class. Publication: Hoffmann L, Komárek J, Kaštovský J. System of cyanoprokaryotes (cyanobacteria) – state in 2004. Algol. Stud. 2005; 117:95-115.
  • Hoffmann et al. (2005) assigned the subclass "Gloeobacterophycidae" Hoffmann et al. 2005 to this class. Publication: Hoffmann L, Komárek J, Kaštovský J. System of cyanoprokaryotes (cyanobacteria) – state in 2004. Algol. Stud. 2005; 117:95-115.
  • Ludwig et al. (2021) assigned the order "Synechoccocales" to this class. Publication: Ludwig W, Viver T, Westram R, Francisco Gago J, Bustos-Caparros E, Knittel K, Amann R, Rossello-Mora R. Release LTP_12_2020, featuring a new ARB alignment and improved 16S rRNA tree for prokaryotic type strains. Syst Appl Microbiol 2021; 44:126218.
  • Rahmatpour et al. (2021) assigned the genus Anthocerotibacter Rahmatpour et al. 2021 to this class. Publication: Rahmatpour N, Hauser DA, Nelson JM, Chen PY, Villarreal AJ, Ho MY, Li FW. A novel thylakoid-less isolate fills a billion-year gap in the evolution of Cyanobacteria. Curr Biol 2021; 31:2857-2867.
  • This taxon name is occasionally misprinted in some sources as: "Cvanophyceae"; "Cyannphyceae"; "Cyanophyaceae"; "Cyanophycea"; "Cyanophyceta"; "Cyauophyceae"; "Cymiephyceae"; "Cymiophyceae"; "Cymmphyceae"; "Cymwphyceae"; "Cynaophyceae"; "Cynnophyceae"; "Cyrlnophyceae"; "Cyzmophyceae"; "Gyanophyceae"; "Jyanophyceae"; "Oyanophyceae".
  • A nomenclatural type has not been designated.
  • The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: CCALA: 44; SAG: 24; MCC: 21; NIES: 19; UTEX: 19; DSM: 17; CCAP: 16; ULC: 9; NIVA-CYA: 9; ATCC: 8.
  • For a taxonomic update see Strunecký et al. (2023). Publication: Strunecky O, Ivanova AP, Mares J. An updated classification of cyanobacterial orders and families based on phylogenomic and polyphasic analysis. J Phycol 2022; 0:0.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 9
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 10
Total number of child taxa: 12

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Chroococcales Schaffner 1922	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Chroococcidiopsidales Komárek et al. 2014	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    [Cyanophyceae, not assigned to order]	artificial parent node of taxa incertae sedis
    Gloeobacterales Cavalier-Smith 2002	validly published under the ICNP, rejected name	in need of a replacement
    Gloeomargaritales Moreira et al. 2017	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Nostocales Borzì 1914	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Oscillatoriales Schaffner 1922	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Pelonematales Skuja 1956	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Pleurocapsales Geitler 1925	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Spirulinales Komárek et al. 2014	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    "Synechococcales" Hoffmann et al. 2005	not validly published
    Thermostichales Komarek et al. 2020	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name

Parent taxon: Cyanobacteriota Oren et al. 2022

Assigned by: Oren A, Mares J, Rippka R. Validation of the names Cyanobacterium and Cyanobacterium stanieri, and proposal of Cyanobacteriota phyl. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5528.

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