Name: Cyanophyceae Bennett and Murray 1889

Category: Class

Proposed as: class. nov.

Gender: feminine

Valid publication: Bennett AW, Murray G. A handbook of cryptogamic botany. Longmans, Green & Co., London, 1889.

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Chroococcophyceae" Starmach 1966	heterotypic synonym, not validly published
    "Chroococcophyceae" Wartenberg 1972	heterotypic synonym, not validly published
    "Chroococcophyceae" Proshkina-Lavrenko and Makarova 1968	heterotypic synonym, not validly published
    Chroococcophyceae Hollerbach et al. 1953	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
    Chamaesiphonophyceae Hollerbach et al. 1953	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
    Oxyphotobacteria (ex Gibbons and Murray 1978) Murray 1988	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, rejected name
    Cyanophyceae Schaffner 1909	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), illegitimate name, later homonym
    Gloeobacteria Cavalier-Smith 2002	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, rejected name
    "Prochlorophyceae" Lewin 1977	heterotypic synonym, not validly published
    Chroobacteria Cavalier-Smith 2002	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, rejected name
    Chamaesiphonophyceae Starmach 1966	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), illegitimate name
    Hormogoneae Cavalier-Smith 2002	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, rejected name, later homonym
    "Pleurocapsophyceae" Starmach 1966	heterotypic synonym, not validly published
    Nostocophyceae Christensen 1978	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Cavalier-Smith (2002) assigned this class to the subdivision "Phycobacteria" Cavalier-Smith 2002. Publication: Cavalier-Smith T. The neomuran origin of archaebacteria, the negibacterial root of the universal tree and bacterial megaclassification. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:7-76.
  • 🧕 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 (1925) assigned the subclass "Chamaesiphoneae" Geitler 1925 to this class. Publication: Geitler L. Synoptische Darstellung der Cyanophyceen in morphologischer und systematischer Hinsicht. Beihefte zum Botanischen Centralblatt 1925; 41:163-294.
  • 🧒 Geitler (1925) assigned the subclass "Chroococceae" Geitler 1925 to this class. Publication: Geitler L. Synoptische Darstellung der Cyanophyceen in morphologischer und systematischer Hinsicht. Beihefte zum Botanischen Centralblatt 1925; 41:163-294.
  • 🧒 Geitler (1925) assigned the subclass "Chamaesiphonophycidae" corrig. Geitler 1925 to this class. Publication: Geitler L. Synoptische Darstellung der Cyanophyceen in morphologischer und systematischer Hinsicht. Beihefte zum Botanischen Centralblatt 1925; 41:163-294.
  • 🧒 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. 123-1160.
  • 🧒 Grettenberger et al. (2020) assigned the genus "Candidatus Cyanaurora" corrig. Grettenberger et al. 2020 to this class. Publication: Grettenberger CL, Sumner DY, Wall K, Brown CT, Eisen JA, Mackey TJ, Hawes I, Jospin G, Jungblut AD. A phylogenetically novel cyanobacterium most closely related to Gloeobacter. ISME J 2020; 14:2142-2152.
  • 🧒 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 order Pleurocapsales Geitler 1925 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.
  • 🧒 Hoffmann et al. (2005) assigned the subclass "Nostocophycidae" corrig. Bennett and Murray 1889 to this class. Publication: Hoffmann L, Komárek J, Kaštovský J. System of cyanoprokaryotes (cyanobacteria) – state in 2004. Algol. Stud. 2005; 117:95-115.
  • 🧒 Komarek et al. (2014) assigned the subclass "Oscillatoriophycidae" Hoffmann et al. 2005 to this class. Publication: Komárek J, Kaštovský J, Mareš J, Johansen JR. Taxonomic classification of cyanoprokaryotes (cyanobacterial genera) 2014, using a polyphasic approach. Preslia 2014; 86:295-335.
  • 🧒 Komarek et al. (2014) assigned the subclass "Synechococcophycidae" Hoffmann et al. 2005 to this class. Publication: Komárek J, Kaštovský J, Mareš J, Johansen JR. Taxonomic classification of cyanoprokaryotes (cyanobacterial genera) 2014, using a polyphasic approach. Preslia 2014; 86:295-335.
  • 🧒 Komarek et al. (2014) assigned the subclass "Gloeobacterophycidae" Hoffmann et al. 2005 to this class. Publication: Komárek J, Kaštovský J, Mareš J, Johansen JR. Taxonomic classification of cyanoprokaryotes (cyanobacterial genera) 2014, using a polyphasic approach. Preslia 2014; 86:295-335.
  • 🧒 Komarek et al. (2014) assigned the subclass "Nostocophycidae" corrig. Bennett and Murray 1889 to this class. Publication: Komárek J, Kaštovský J, Mareš J, Johansen JR. Taxonomic classification of cyanoprokaryotes (cyanobacterial genera) 2014, using a polyphasic approach. Preslia 2014; 86:295-335.
  • 🧒 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.
  • 🧒 Palik (1966) assigned the genus Chlorococcites Palik 1966 to this class. Publication: Palik P. Further microfossils from the Orgueil meteorite. Revue algologique 1966; 8:89-126.
  • 🧒 Palik (1966) assigned the genus Chamaesiphonites Palik 1966 to this class. Publication: Palik P. Further microfossils from the Orgueil meteorite. Revue algologique 1966; 8:89-126.
  • 🧒 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.
  • 🧒 Schiller (1954) assigned the family Alternantiaceae Schiller 1954 to this class. Publication: Schiller J. Über Cyanophyceen aus kleinen künstlichen Wasserbecken und aus dem Ruster Kanal des Neusiedler Sees. Sitzungsberichte der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Klasse, Abteilung 1 1954; 163:109-139.
  • 🧒 Walter et al. (2017) assigned the genus "Pseudosynechococcus" Kirilovsky et al. 1984 to this class. Publication: Walter JM, Coutinho FH, Dutilh BE, Swings J, Thompson FL, Thompson CC. Ecogenomics and Taxonomy of Cyanobacteria Phylum. Front Microbiol 2017; 8:2132.
  • 🧒 Walter et al. (2017) assigned the genus "Stenotopis" Walter et al. 2017 to this class. Publication: Walter JM, Coutinho FH, Dutilh BE, Swings J, Thompson FL, Thompson CC. Ecogenomics and Taxonomy of Cyanobacteria Phylum. Front Microbiol 2017; 8:2132.
  • 🧒 Walter et al. (2017) assigned the genus "Brevicoccus" Walter et al. 2017 to this class. Publication: Walter JM, Coutinho FH, Dutilh BE, Swings J, Thompson FL, Thompson CC. Ecogenomics and Taxonomy of Cyanobacteria Phylum. Front Microbiol 2017; 8:2132.
  • 🧒 Walter et al. (2017) assigned the genus "Leptococcus" Walter et al. 2017 to this class. Publication: Walter JM, Coutinho FH, Dutilh BE, Swings J, Thompson FL, Thompson CC. Ecogenomics and Taxonomy of Cyanobacteria Phylum. Front Microbiol 2017; 8:2132.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Cganophyceae"; "Cjyanophyceae"; "Cvanophyceae"; "Cyamophyceae"; "Cyannphyceae"; "Cyanophyaceae"; "Cyanophycea"; "Cyanophyceta"; "Cyaqnophyceae"; "Cyarrophyceae"; "Cyasophyceae"; "Cyauophyceae"; "Cycmophyceae"; "Cymiephyceae"; "Cymiophyceae"; "Cymmphyceae"; "Cymwphyceae"; "Cynaophyceae"; "Cynnophyceae"; "Cynophyceae"; "Cyonophyceae"; "Cyranophyceae"; "Cyrlnophyceae"; "Cyzmophyceae"; "Gyanophyceae"; "Jyanophyceae"; "Mclanophyceae"; "Oyanophyceae".
  • 🔧 This taxon name is a replacement for Cyanophyceae Schaffner 1909.
  • 😟 A nomenclatural type has not been designated.
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: CBFS: 77; SP: 71; BRY: 69; PCC: 60; CCALA: 60; BRNM: 54; FCME: 40; SAG: 31; UC: 31; US: 30.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 21
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 36
Total number of child taxa: 60

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Acaryochloridales" Miyashita et al. 2003	not validly published	synonym
    "Acaryochloridales" Strunecký and Mareš 2023	not validly published	preferred name
    Aegeococcales Strunecký and Mareš 2023	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Aerosakkonematales Lefler et al. 2024	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    "Alveoliales" corrig. Konyushkov 1978	not validly published	preferred name
    "Alveolida" Konyushkov 1978	inaccurate spelling	misspelling
    "Bulliales" corrig. Konyushkov 1978	not validly published	preferred name
    "Bulliida" Konyushkov 1978	inaccurate spelling	misspelling
    Chroococcaceae Bennett and Murray 1889	inaccurate spelling and illegitimate (ICN [Botanical Code])	misspelling
    Chroococcales Frémy 1930	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), illegitimate name	synonym
    Chroococcales Schaffner 1922	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), illegitimate name	synonym
    Chroococcales corrig. Bennett and Murray 1889	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), illegitimate name	synonym
    Chroococcales Geitler 1925	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), illegitimate name	synonym
    Chroococcales corrig. Ardissone 1886	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Chroococcidiopsidales Komárek et al. 2014	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Chroococcoideae Wettstein 1901	inaccurate spelling and illegitimate (ICN [Botanical Code])	misspelling
    Chroococcoideae Ardissone 1886	inaccurate spelling (ICN [Botanical Code])	misspelling
    Coleofasciculales Strunecký and Mareš 2023	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    [Cyanophyceae, not assigned to order]	artificial parent node of taxa incertae sedis
    Desertifilales Strunecký and Mareš 2023	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Elainellales Chuvochina et al. 2024	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Geitlerinematales Strunecký and Mareš 2023	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    "Gloeobacterales" Cavalier-Smith 2002	not validly published	preferred name
    Gloeomargaritales Moreira et al. 2017	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Gomontiellales Strunecký and Mareš 2023	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    "Gomontiellales" Claus 1959	not validly published	synonym
    Graniferales Vologdin 1962	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Janisjarviales corrig. Konyushkov 1978	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Janisjarviida Konyushkov 1978	inaccurate spelling (ICN [Botanical Code])	misspelling
    Kenellales Korde 1973	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), illegitimate name	synonym
    Leptolyngbyales Chuvochina et al. 2024	validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name	synonym
    Leptolyngbyales Strunecký and Mareš 2023	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Neosynechococcales Chuvochina et al. 2024	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Nodosilineales Strunecký and Mareš 2023	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Nostocales Geitler 1925	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), illegitimate name	synonym
    Nostocales Cavalier-Smith 2002	validly published under the ICNP, rejected name	synonym
    Nostocales corrig. Borzì 1914	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Nostochinae Borzì 1914	inaccurate spelling (ICN [Botanical Code])	misspelling
    "Nostocidea" Walton 1931	inaccurate spelling	misspelling
    Oculatellales Strunecký and Mareš 2023	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Omachteniales corrig. Konyushkov 1978	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Omachtenida Konyushkov 1978	inaccurate spelling (ICN [Botanical Code])	misspelling
    "Oscillariaceae" Bennett and Murray 1889	inaccurate spelling	misspelling
    "Oscillariales" corrig. Bennett and Murray 1889	not validly published	synonym
    Oscillatoriales Copeland 1936	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), illegitimate name	synonym
    Oscillatoriales Cavalier-Smith 2002	validly published under the ICNP, rejected name	synonym
    Oscillatoriales Schaffner 1922	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Pelonematales Skuja 1956	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Phormidesmales Chuvochina et al. 2024	inaccurate spelling	misspelling
    "Phormidesmiales" Salazar et al. 2020	inaccurate spelling	misspelling
    "Phormidesmidales" corrig. Salazar et al. 2020	not validly published	synonym
    Phormidesmidales corrig. Chuvochina et al. 2024	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Prochlorotrichales Strunecký and Mareš 2023	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    "Pseudanabaenales" Hoffmann et al. 2005	not validly published	preferred name
    Sarmaellales Vologdin 1962	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Spirulinales Komárek et al. 2014	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Stigonematales (ex Geitler 1925) Cavalier-Smith 2002	validly published under the ICNP, rejected name	synonym
    "Stigonematidea" Walton 1931	inaccurate spelling	misspelling
    "Synechococcales" Hoffmann et al. 2005	not validly published	preferred name
    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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