Name: "Pleurocapsophyceae" Starmach 1966

Category: Class

Proposed as: class. nov.

Etymology: Pleu.ro.cap.so.phy’ce.ae. N.L. fem. pl. n. Pleurocapsophyceae, the Pleurocapsa class

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: ple͡u-ro-kap-so-P^HY-ke-a͡e, feminine

Type genus: Pleurocapsa Thuret 1885

Original publication: Starmach K. Cyanophyta-Sinice. Glaucophyta-Glaukofity. In: Starmach K (eds), Flora slodkowodna Polski. Band 2, Panstwowe Wydawnietwo Naukowe, Warszawa, 1966, p. 807.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Chroococcophyceae Hollerbach et al. 1953

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Chroococcophyceae" Starmach 1966	heterotypic synonym, not validly published
    "Chroococcophyceae" Proshkina-Lavrenko and Makarova 1968	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 Schaffner 1909	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), illegitimate name, later homonym
    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

• Notes:
  • 🧒 Starmach (1966) assigned the family Scopulonemataceae Ercegović 1932 to this class. Publication: Starmach K. Cyanophyta-Sinice. Glaucophyta-Glaukofity. In: Starmach K (eds), Flora slodkowodna Polski. Band 2, Panstwowe Wydawnietwo Naukowe, Warszawa, 1966, p. 807.
  • 🧒 Starmach (1966) assigned the order Pleurocapsales Geitler 1925 to this class. Publication: Starmach K. Cyanophyta-Sinice. Glaucophyta-Glaukofity. In: Starmach K (eds), Flora slodkowodna Polski. Band 2, Panstwowe Wydawnietwo Naukowe, Warszawa, 1966, p. 807.
  • 🧍 According to Silva (1980) this is a segregate class included in Cyanophyceae Schaffner 1909. Publication: Silva PC. Names of classes and families of living algae with special reference to their use in the Index Nominum Genericorum (Plantarum). Bohn, Scheltema & Holkema, Utrecht, 1980.
  • 🧍 Considered not validly published. No Latin diagnosis (Article 44.1). Publication: McNeill J, Barrie FR, Buck WR, Demoulin V, Greuter W, Hawksworth DL, Herendeen PS, Knapp S, Marhold K, Prado J, et al. International Code of Nomenclature for Algae, Fungi and Plants (Melbourne Code). Koeltz Scientific Books, Königstein, 2012.

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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