Name: "Prochlorophyceae" Lewin 1977

Category: Class

Proposed as: class. nov.

Etymology: Pro.chlo.ro.phy’ce.ae. N.L. fem. pl. n. Prochlorophyceae, the Prochloron class

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: pro-k^hlo-ro-P^HY-ke-a͡e, 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: Chroococcophyceae Hollerbach et al. 1953

• 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
    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)
    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:
  • 🧕 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 genus "Prochloron" Lewin 1977 to this class. 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. — 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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