Name: Calotrichaceae Cooke 1890

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov.

Etymology: N.L. fem. pl. n. Calotrichaceae, the family of the genus Calothrix

Gender: feminine

Type genus: Calothrix Agardh ex Bornet and Flahault 1886

Valid publication: Cooke MC. Introduction to fresh-water algae with an enumeration of all the British species. Unknown publisher, London, 1890.

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Calotrichaceae Saraf et al. 2019	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)

• Notes:
  • The type genus of this family has alternatively been placed in the family Rivulariaceae Rabenhorst ex Bornet and Flahault 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 Gloeotrichiaceae Komárek et al. 2014. 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 in some sources as: "Calothricaceae"; "Calothrichaceae"; "Calotlirichaceae".
  • The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: MCC: 1.
  • According to Silva (1980) this taxon name is a synonym of Rivulariaceae. 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: 3
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 3
Total number of child taxa: 4

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Calothrix Agardh ex Bornet and Flahault 1886	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    [Conferva]	preliminary entry that lacks crucial information
    Dulcicalothrix Saraf et al. 2019	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Montanoa Gonzalez Guerrero 1948	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name

Parent taxon: Nostocales Borzì 1914

Assigned by: Saraf A, Suradkar A, Dawda HG, Gaysina LA, Gabidullin Y, Kumat A, Behere I, Kotulkar M, Batule P, Singh P. Phylogenetic complexities of the members of Rivulariaceae with the re-creation of the family Calotrichaceae and description of Dulcicalothrix necridiiformans gen nov., sp nov., and reclassification of Calothrix desertica. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2019; 366:0.

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Record number: 6087