Name: Aphanothecaceae (Komárek and Anagnostidis 1986) Komárek et al. 2014

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov.

Etymology: N.L. fem. pl. n. Aphanothecaceae, the Aphanothece family

Gender: feminine

Type genus: Aphanothece Nägeli 1849

Valid publication: Komárek J, Kaštovský J, Mareš J, Johansen JR. Taxonomic classification of cyanoprokaryotes (cyanobacterial genera) 2014, using a polyphasic approach. Preslia 2014; 86:295-335.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICN

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • The type genus of this family has alternatively been placed in the family Synechococcaceae Komárek and Anagnostidis 1995. 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 Chroococcaceae Rabenhorst 1863. Publication: Geitler L. Synoptische Darstellung der Cyanophyceen in morphologischer und systematischer Hinsicht. Beihefte zum Botanischen Centralblatt 1925; 41:163-294.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 12
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 13
Total number of child taxa: 14

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Aphanothece Nägeli 1849	validly published under the ICN	correct name
    Crocosphaera Zehr et al. 2019	validly published under the ICN	correct name
    Cyanoaggregatum Werner et al. 2008	validly published under the ICN	correct name
    Cyanogastrum Schiller 1956	validly published under the ICN	correct name
    Dzensia Voronichin 1929	validly published under the ICN	correct name
    "Euhalothece" Garcia-Pichel et al. 1998	not validly published
    Gloeothece Nägeli 1849	validly published under the ICN	correct name
    Halothece Margheri et al. 2008	validly published under the ICN	correct name
    Hormothece Jao 1944	validly published under the ICN	correct name
    Myxobaktron Schmidle 1904	validly published under the ICN	correct name
    Phylloderma Suringar 1872	validly published under the ICN	synonym
    Rippkaea Johansen and Mareš 2019	validly published under the ICN	correct name
    Rubidibacter Choi et al. 2008	validly published	correct name
    Zehria Johansen and Mareš 2019	validly published under the ICN	correct name

Parent taxon: Chroococcales Schaffner 1922

Assigned by: Komárek J, Kaštovský J, Mareš J, Johansen JR. Taxonomic classification of cyanoprokaryotes (cyanobacterial genera) 2014, using a polyphasic approach. Preslia 2014; 86:295-335.

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