Name: Camptylonemopsidaceae Dutt et al. 1975

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov.

Etymology: N.L. fem. pl. n. Camptylonemopsidaceae, the Camptylonemopsis family

Gender: feminine

Type genus: Camptylonemopsis Desikachary 1948

Valid publication: Dutt AK, Datta TK, Gupta KK. Studies on high altitude saxicolous Cyanophyta. III. On the morphology of Camptylonemopsis boldii sp. Nov. Phyton (Buenos Aires) 1975; 33:65-68.

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

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Nostocaceae Eichler 1886

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Isocystaceae (Borzì 1886) Elenkin 1917	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
    Pseudonostocaceae Elenkin 1949	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
    Nostocaceae Eichler 1886	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)

• Notes:
  • 🧒 Dutt et al. (1975) assigned the genus Camptylonemopsis Desikachary 1948 to this family. Publication: Dutt AK, Datta TK, Gupta KK. Studies on high altitude saxicolous Cyanophyta. III. On the morphology of Camptylonemopsis boldii sp. Nov. Phyton (Buenos Aires) 1975; 33:65-68.
  • 🛺 The type genus of this family has been placed in the family Nostocaceae Eichler 1886. 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.
  • 🚃 The type genus of this family has alternatively been placed in the family Leptobasaceae Elenkin 1917. 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 Microchaetaceae Lemmermann 1907. Publication: Hoffmann L, Komárek J, Kaštovský J. System of cyanoprokaryotes (cyanobacteria) – state in 2004. Algol. Stud. 2005; 117:95-115.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Camptylonemopsaceae".
  • ❗ Camptylonemopsidaceae is the correct name instead if this family is regarded as a separate family (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another family whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority).
  • 🧍 According to Silva (1980) this taxon name is a synonym of Scytonemataceae. 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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Record number: 6129