Name: "Beckiaceae" Elenkin 1933

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov.

Etymology: Bec.ki.a’ce.ae. N.L. fem. pl. n. Beckiaceae, the Beckia family

Pronunciation, gender: bek-ki-A-ke-a͡e, feminine

Type genus: "Beckia" Elenkin 1933

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, not validly published
    "Prochloraceae" (ex Lewin 1977) Florenzano et al. 1986	heterotypic synonym, not validly published
    Holopediaceae Elenkin 1933	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), illegitimate name
    Woronichiniaceae Elenkin 1933	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
    Microcystaceae 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

• Notes:
  • 🧒 Elenkin (1933) assigned the genus "Beckia" Elenkin 1933 to this family. Publication: Elenkin AA. O sistematicheskom podrazdenii poryadka Chroococcales Geitler (1925). Trudy Botanicheskogo Instituta Akademii Nauk SSSR, Series 2, Sporovye Rasteniya 1933; 1:17-21.
  • 🛺 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.

Parent taxon: Chroococcales corrig. Ardissone 1886

Assigned by: LPSN automated production system. The following publication is only one of the sources consulted. It may or may not mention this taxon name. — 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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