Name: Aphanizomenaceae corrig. Elenkin 1938

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov.

Etymology: N.L. fem. pl. n. Aphanizomenaceae, the Aphanizomenon family

Gender: feminine

Type genus: Aphanizomenon Morren ex Bornet and Flahault 1886

Valid publication: Elenkin AA. Sinezelenyye vodorosli SSSR. Monografiya presnovodnykh i nazemnykh Cyanophyceae, obnaruzhennykh v predelakh SSSR. Spetsial'naya sistematicheskaya chast. Vyp. 1. Akademiia Nauk SSSR, Moscow, 1938.

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Hydrocorynaceae Elenkin 1949	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
    Aphanizomenonaceae Elenkin 1938	other spelling of name, inaccurate spelling (ICN [Botanical Code])
    Gloeotrichiaceae Komárek et al. 2014	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
    Anabaenaceae Elenkin 1938	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), illegitimate name
    Cyanomargaritaceae Shalygin et al. 2017	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)

• Notes:
  • 🧒 Strunecky et al. (2023) assigned the genus Trichormus (Ralfs ex Bornet and Flahault 1886) Komárek and Anagnostidis 1989 to this family. 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 Nostocaceae Eichler 1886. Publication: Hoffmann L, Komárek J, Kaštovský J. System of cyanoprokaryotes (cyanobacteria) – state in 2004. Algol. Stud. 2005; 117:95-115.
  • 🚃 The type genus of this family has alternatively been placed in the family Nostocaceae Eichler 1886. Publication: Geitler L. Synoptische Darstellung der Cyanophyceen in morphologischer und systematischer Hinsicht. Beihefte zum Botanischen Centralblatt 1925; 41:163-294.
  • 🚃 The type genus of this family has alternatively been placed in the family Aphanizomenonaceae Elenkin 1938. 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 BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: CCALA: 7; SAG: 7; BRY: 5; QBG: 4; FCME: 2; SP: 2; CBFS: 2; PCC: 1; BRNM: 1.
  • 🧍 According to Silva (1980) this taxon name is a synonym of Nostocaceae. 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: 16
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 20
Total number of child taxa: 23

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Amphiheterocytum Sant'Anna et al. 2019	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Anabaena Bory ex Bornet and Flahault 1886	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), conserved name	correct name
    Anabaenothrix Randhawa 1936	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Aphanizomenon Morren ex Bornet and Flahault 1886	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Cuspidothrix Rajaniemi et al. 2005	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Cyanomargarita Shalygin et al. 2017	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Cylindrospermopsis Seenayya and Subba Raju 1972	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Cylindrospermum Kützing ex Bornet and Flahault 1886	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Dolichospermum (Ralfs ex Bornet and Flahault 1886) Wacklin et al. 2009	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    "Dolichospermum" Thwaites ex Ralfs 1850	not validly published	synonym
    Gloeotrichia Agardh ex Bornet and Flahault 1886	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Hormothamnion Grunow ex Bornet and Flahault 1886	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Hydrocoryne Schwabe ex Bornet and Flahault 1886	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    "Limnochlide" Kützing 1843	not validly published	synonym
    Macrospermum Komárek 2008	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Neocyanospira Molinari and Guiry 2021	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    "Neowollea" Tawong 2019	not validly published	synonym
    Neowollea Tawong 2021	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Okeanomitos Li et al. 2024	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Raphidiopsis Fritsch and Rich 1929	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Sphaerospermopsis Zapomělová et al. 2010	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Sphaerospermum Zapomělová et al. 2009	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), illegitimate name	synonym
    Wollea Bornet and Flahault 1886	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name

Parent taxon: Nostocales corrig. Borzì 1914

Assigned by: 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.

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Record number: 6142