Name: "Beckiaceae" Elenkin 1933

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov.

Etymology: N.L. fem. pl. n. Beckiaceae, the Beckia family

Gender: feminine

Type genus: Beckia Elenkin 1938

Original publication: Elenkin AA. O sistematicheskom podrazdenii poryadka Chroococcales Geitler (1925). Trudy Bot. Inst. Akad. Nauk SSSR, Ser. 2, Sporov. Rast. 1933; 1:17-21.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Microcystaceae Elenkin 1933

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Prochloraceae Lewin 1977	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
    Prochloraceae (ex Lewin 1977) Florenzano et al. 1986	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name
    Woronichiniaceae Elenkin 1933	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
    Merismopediaceae Elenkin 1933	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
    Aphanothecaceae (Komárek and Anagnostidis 1986) Komárek et al. 2014	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
    Coelosphaeriaceae Elenkin 1933	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
    Rubidibacteraceae Chuvochina et al. 2024	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Microcystaceae Elenkin 1933	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)

• Notes:
  • 🛺 The type genus of this family has been placed in the family Microcystaceae Elenkin 1933. Publication: Komárek J, Anagnostidis K. Modern approach to the classification system of cyanophytes, 2 - Chroococcales. Algological Studies/Archiv für Hydrobiologie 1986; 43:157-226.
  • 🚃 The type genus of this family has alternatively been placed in the family Gomphosphaeriaceae Elenkin 1933. 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.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Beckzaceae".
  • 🧍 According to Silva (1980) this taxon name is a synonym of Chroococcaceae. 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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