Family Actinopolysporaceae
Name: Actinopolysporaceae Zhi et al. 2009
Etymology: Ac.ti’no.po.ly.spo.ra’ce.ae N.L. fem. n. Actinopolyspora, type genus of the family; L. fem. pl. suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Actinopolysporaceae, the Actinopolyspora family
Type genus: Actinopolyspora Gochnauer et al. 1975 (Approved Lists 1980)
Valid publication:
Zhi XY, Li WJ, Stackebrandt E. An update of the structure and 16S rRNA gene sequence-based definition of higher ranks of the class Actinobacteria, with the proposal of two new suborders and four new families and emended descriptions of the existing higher taxa. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:589-608. 
IJSEM list:
Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 59, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:1259-1261.
Nomenclatural status: validly published
Taxonomic status: correct name
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Synonyms:
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Name Kind Mzabimycetaceae Saker et al. 2015 heterotypic synonym, validly published
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Notes:
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Zhi et al. (2009) assigned this family to the suborder Actinopolysporineae Zhi et al. 2009.
Publication:
Zhi XY, Li WJ, Stackebrandt E. An update of the structure and 16S rRNA gene sequence-based definition of higher ranks of the class Actinobacteria, with the proposal of two new suborders and four new families and emended descriptions of the existing higher taxa. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:589-608.
- The type genus of this family has alternatively been placed in the family Pseudonocardiaceae Embley et al. 1989. 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.
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Zhi et al. (2009) assigned this family to the suborder Actinopolysporineae Zhi et al. 2009.
Publication:
Zhi XY, Li WJ, Stackebrandt E. An update of the structure and 16S rRNA gene sequence-based definition of higher ranks of the class Actinobacteria, with the proposal of two new suborders and four new families and emended descriptions of the existing higher taxa. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:589-608.
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 3
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 4
Total number of child taxa: 4
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status Actinopolyspora Gochnauer et al. 1975 (Approved Lists 1980) validly published correct name Haloactinomyces Lai et al. 2017 validly published correct name Halopolyspora Lai et al. 2014 validly published correct name Mzabimyces Saker et al. 2015 validly published synonym
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Parent taxon: Actinopolysporales Goodfellow and Trujillo 2015
Assigned by:
Goodfellow M, Trujillo ME. Order II. Actinopolysporales ord. nov. In: Goodfellow M, Kämpfer P, H.-J. B, Trujillo ME, Suzuki K, Ludwig W, Whitman WB (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology vol. 5, 2nd edn., Springer, New York, 2012, p. 162.
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