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Family Capsosiraceae
Name: Capsosiraceae Geitler 1925
Etymology: Cap.so.si.ra’ce.ae. N.L. fem. pl. n. Capsosiraceae, the Capsosira family
Pronunciation, gender: kap-so-si-RA-ke-a͡e, feminine
Type genus: Capsosira Kützing ex Bornet and Flahault 1886
Valid publication: Geitler L. Cyanophyceae. In: Pascher A (eds), Die Süsswasser-Flora Deutschlands, Österreichs und der Schweiz, Gustav Fischer, Jena, 1925, p. 1-450.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
Taxonomic status: correct name
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Synonyms:
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Name Kind "Pseudocapsosiraceae" Elenkin 1935 heterotypic synonym, not validly published, descriptive name
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Notes:
- 🧕 Geitler (1925) assigned this family to the order "Stigonematales". Publication: Geitler L. Synoptische Darstellung der Cyanophyceen in morphologischer und systematischer Hinsicht. Beihefte zum Botanischen Centralblatt 1925; 41:163-294.
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🚃 The type genus of this family has alternatively been placed in the family Stigonemataceae corrig. (Agardh ex Bornet and Flahault 1886) Borzì 1892.
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: "Capsosnraceae"; "Copsosiraceae".
- 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: BRY: 1; SP: 1.
- 🧍 Silva (1980) notes that as circumscribed in the Index Nominum Genericorum, this family includes Desmosiphon and Letestuinema, which are the two genera comprising Pseudocapsosiraceae Elenkin 1949, which is a descriptive and hence invalid name. 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.
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 5
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 5
Total number of child taxa: 5
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status Capsosira Kützing ex Bornet and Flahault 1886 validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) correct name Desmosiphon Borzì 1907 validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) correct name Ghoshia Mandal and Maithy 1984 validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) correct name Nematoplaca Geitler 1933 validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) correct name Stauromatonema Frémy 1930 validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) correct name
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Parent taxon: Nostocales corrig. Borzì 1914
Assigned by:
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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Record number: 6121
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