Name: "Prochlorophyceae" Lewin 1977

Category: Class

Proposed as: class. nov.

Etymology: N.L. fem. pl. n. Prochlorophyceae, the Prochloron class

Gender: feminine

Type genus: "Prochloron" Lewin 1977

Original publication: Lewin RA. Prochloron, type genus of the Prochlorophyta. Phycologia 1977; 16:217.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Cyanophyceae Bennett and Murray 1889

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Chroococcophyceae" Proshkina-Lavrenko and Makarova 1968	heterotypic synonym, not validly published
    "Chroococcophyceae" Wartenberg 1972	heterotypic synonym, not validly published
    "Chroococcophyceae" Starmach 1966	heterotypic synonym, not validly published
    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)
    Cyanophyceae Schaffner 1909	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), illegitimate name, later homonym
    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
    Cyanophyceae Bennett and Murray 1889	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Lewin (1977) assigned this class to the division "Prochlorophyta" Lewin 1976. Publication: Lewin RA. Prochloron, type genus of the Prochlorophyta. Phycologia 1977; 16:217.
  • 🧒 Lewin (1977) assigned the order "Prochlorales" Lewin 1977 to this class. Publication: Lewin RA. Prochloron, type genus of the Prochlorophyta. Phycologia 1977; 16:217.
  • 🚃 The type genus of this class has alternatively been placed in the class "Cyanobacteria". Publication: Garrity GM, Holt JG. The Road Map to the Manual. In: Boone DR, Castenholz RW, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, second edition, vol. 1 (The Archaea and the deeply branching and phototrophic Bacteria), Springer-Verlag, New York, 2001, p. 119-166.

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. — 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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