Name: Alternantiaceae Schiller 1954

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov.

Etymology: N.L. fem. pl. n. Alternantiaceae, the Alternantia family

Gender: feminine

Type genus: Alternantia Schiller 1954

Valid publication: Schiller J. Über Cyanophyceen aus kleinen künstlichen Wasserbecken und aus dem Ruster Kanal aus Neusiedler Sees. Österr. Akad. Wiss., Math.-Naturwiss. Kl., Sitzungsber., Abt. I 1954; 163:109-139.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • The type genus of this family has alternatively been placed in the family Cymatolegaceae Strunecký and Mareš 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.
  • The type genus of this family has alternatively been placed in the family "Synechococcaceae". Publication: Komárek J, Anagnostidis K. Modern approach to the classification system of cyanophytes, 2 - Chroococcales. Algological Studies/Archiv für Hydrobiologie 1986; 43:157-226.
  • Silva (1980) remarks that in the Index Nominum Genericorum, Alternantia was assigned to Cyanophyceae/Bacteria without family placement. 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.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 1
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 1
Total number of child taxa: 1

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Alternantia Schiller 1954	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name

Parent taxon: [Cyanophyceae, not assigned to order]

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Record number: 6162