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: synonym

Correct name: Cymatolegaceae Strunecký and Mareš 2023

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Romeriaceae Komárek et al. 2014	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
    Tubiellaceae Elenkin 1935	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
    Cymatolegaceae Strunecký and Mareš 2023	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Schiller (1954) assigned this family to the class Cyanophyceae Schaffner 1909. Publication: Schiller J. Über Cyanophyceen aus kleinen künstlichen Wasserbecken und aus dem Ruster Kanal des Neusiedler Sees. Sitzungsberichte der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Klasse, Abteilung 1 1954; 163:109-139.
  • 🧒 Schiller (1954) assigned the genus Alternantia Schiller 1954 to this family. Publication: Schiller J. Über Cyanophyceen aus kleinen künstlichen Wasserbecken und aus dem Ruster Kanal des Neusiedler Sees. Sitzungsberichte der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Klasse, Abteilung 1 1954; 163:109-139.
  • 🛺 The type genus of this family has 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.
  • ❗ Alternantiaceae is the correct name instead if this family is regarded as a separate family (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another family whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority).
  • 🧍 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.

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