Name: Chamaesiphonaceae Borzì 1878

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov.

Etymology: Cha.mae.si.pho.na’ce.ae. N.L. fem. pl. n. Chamaesiphonaceae, the Chamaesiphon family

Pronunciation, gender: k^ha-ma͡e-si-p^ho-NA-ke-a͡e, feminine

Type genus: Chamaesiphon Braun and Grunow 1865

Valid publication: Borzì A. Note alla morfologia e biologia della Alghe Ficocromacee. Nuovo Giornale Botanico Italiano 1878; 10:236-288.

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Clastidiaceae Drouet and Daily 1952	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
    Chamaesiphonaceae corrig. Ardissone 1886	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), illegitimate name
    Pascherinemataceae Geitler 1942	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
    "Candidatus Brachytrichaceae" Petriglieri et al. 2023	heterotypic synonym, not pro-validly published
    "Cyanophanaceae" Geitler 1955	heterotypic synonym, not validly published
    Chamaesiphonaceae Geitler 1925	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), illegitimate name
    Chamaesiphoneae Ardissone 1886	homotypic synonym, inaccurate spelling and illegitimate (ICN [Botanical Code])

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Geitler (1925) assigned this family to the order Dermocarpales Geitler 1925. Publication: Geitler L. Synoptische Darstellung der Cyanophyceen in morphologischer und systematischer Hinsicht. Beihefte zum Botanischen Centralblatt 1925; 41:163-294.
  • 🧕 Geitler (1925) assigned this family to the subclass "Chamaesiphonophycidae" corrig. Geitler 1925. Publication: Geitler L. Synoptische Darstellung der Cyanophyceen in morphologischer und systematischer Hinsicht. Beihefte zum Botanischen Centralblatt 1925; 41:163-294.
  • 🧕 Hoffmann et al. (2005) assigned this family to the order "Synechococcales" Hoffmann et al. 2005. Publication: Hoffmann L, Komárek J, Kaštovský J. System of cyanoprokaryotes (cyanobacteria) – state in 2004. Algol. Stud. 2005; 117:95-115. 🇱🇺
  • 🧕 Komarek and Golubic (1990) assigned this family to the order Chroococcales corrig. Ardissone 1886. Publication: Komarek J, Golubic S. Guide to the Nomenclature and formal taxonomic treatment of oxyphototroph prokaryotes (Cyanoprokaryotes). Unknown Publisher, Unknown City, 1990.
  • 🧕 Komarek et al. (2014) assigned this family to the order "Synechococcales" Hoffmann et al. 2005. 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. 🇨🇿
  • 🧕 Schaffner (1922) assigned this family to the order Chroococcales corrig. Ardissone 1886. Publication: Schaffner JH. The classification of plants XII. Ohio Journal of Science 1922; 22:129-139.
  • 🧒 Borzi (1914) assigned the tribe "Chamaesiphoneae" to this family. Publication: Borzì A. Studi sulle Mixoficee. I. Cenni generali - Systema Myxophycearum. Nuovo Giornale Botanico Italiano 1914; Ser 2 (21):307-360.
  • 🧒 Komarek and Golubic (1990) assigned the genus Godlewskia Janczewski 1884 to this family. Publication: Komarek J, Golubic S. Guide to the Nomenclature and formal taxonomic treatment of oxyphototroph prokaryotes (Cyanoprokaryotes). Unknown Publisher, Unknown City, 1990.
  • 🧒 Strunecky et al. (2023) assigned the genus Stichosiphon Geitler 1932 to this family. 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. 🇨🇿
  • 🧒 Strunecky et al. (2023) assigned the genus Godlewskia Janczewski 1884 to this family. 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 "Stichosiphonaceae" Hoffmann et al. 2005. 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: "Cbamaesipbonaceae"; "Cbamaesiphonaceae"; "Cbamfesiphonaceae"; "Cbamgesiphonaceae"; "Chamaenphonaceae"; "Chamaesiphanaceae"; "Chamaesiphenaceae"; "Chamaesiphmaceae"; "Chamaesiphoinaceae"; "Chamaesipiwnaceae"; "Chamaesiplionaceae"; "Chamaesjphoniaceae"; "Chamauiphoniaceae"; "Champaesiphonaceae"; "Charmaesiphonaceae"; "Chaxnaesiphonaceae"; "Clmmaesiphonaceae"; "Ghamaesiphenaceae"; "Ghamaesiphonaceae"; "Uhamaesiphonaceae".
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: TNS: 2; FCME: 2; SP: 1.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 7
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 8
Total number of child taxa: 8

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Brachythrix Braun 1865	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Chamaesiphon Braun and Grunow 1865	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Chamaesiphonopsis Fritsch 1929	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), illegitimate name	synonym
    Clastidium Kirchner 1880	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Cyanophanon Geitler 1955	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Geitleribactron Komárek 1975	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Hyellococcus Schmidle 1905	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Sphaerogonium Rostafinski 1883	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name

Parent taxon: Gomontiellales Strunecký and Mareš 2023

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: 6101