Name: Cyanophyceae Schaffner 1909

Category: Class

Proposed as: class. nov.

Etymology: Cy.a.no.phy’ce.ae. N.L. fem. pl. n. Cyanophyceae

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: ky-a-no-P^HY-ke-a͡e, 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), illegitimate name, later homonym

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Chroococcophyceae Hollerbach et al. 1953

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Chroococcophyceae" Proshkina-Lavrenko and Makarova 1968	heterotypic synonym, not validly published
    "Chroococcophyceae" Starmach 1966	heterotypic synonym, not validly published
    "Chroococcophyceae" Wartenberg 1972	heterotypic synonym, not validly published
    Cyanophycoidea Walton 1931	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), descriptive name
    Cyanophyceae Bennett and Murray 1889	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), illegitimate name, later homonym
    Cyanophyceae Hauck 1885	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), descriptive name
    Nostocophyceae Christensen 1978	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
    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
    Chamaesiphonophyceae Hollerbach et al. 1953	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
    Chroococcophyceae Hollerbach et al. 1953	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
    "Prochlorophyceae" Lewin 1977	heterotypic synonym, not validly published
    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

• Notes:
  • 🙄 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 homonym of Cyanophyceae Bennett and Murray 1889.
  • 😡 This taxon name is a homonym of Cyanophyceae Hauck 1885.
  • 🧍 An overview of fossil calcareous cyanobacteria is given by Luchinina (1987). Publication: Luchinina VA. Sinezelyonye vodorosli (Cyanobacteria). Trudy Instituta Geologii i Geofiziki 1987; 674:12-38.
  • 🧍 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 2023; 59:12-51. 🇨🇿
  • 🧍 Later homonym of Cyanophyceae Bennett and Murray 1889. Publication: Bennett AW, Murray G. A handbook of cryptogamic botany. Longmans, Green & Co., London, 1889.

Parent taxon: Cyanobacteriota Oren et al. 2022

Assigned by: LPSN automated production system. The following publication is only one of the sources consulted. It may or may not mention this taxon name. — Aleksovski B, Krstić S, Guiry MD. The names of phyla and classes of blue-green algae (cyanobacteria, cyanophytes) and a typified name: Cyanobacteriophyta Oren, Mareš et Rippka. Fottea 2025; 25:212-217. 🇮🇪

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