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Family Chlorogloeopsidaceae
Name: Chlorogloeopsidaceae Mitra and Pandey 1967
Etymology: Chlo.ro.gloe.op.si.da’ce.ae. N.L. fem. pl. n. Chlorogloeopsidaceae, the Chlorogloeopsis family
Pronunciation, gender: khlo-ro-glo͡e-op-si-DA-ke-a͡e, feminine
Type genus: Chlorogloeopsis Mitra and Pandey 1967
Valid publication: Mitra AK, Pandey DC. On a new genus of the blue-green alga Chlorogloeopsis with remarks on the production of heterocysts in the alga. Phykos 1967; 5:106-114.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
Taxonomic status: correct name
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Notes:
- 🧒 Mitra and Pandey (1967) assigned the genus Chlorogloea Wille 1900 to this family. Publication: Mitra AK, Pandey DC. On a new genus of the blue-green alga Chlorogloeopsis with remarks on the production of heterocysts in the alga. Phykos 1967; 5:106-114.
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🚃 The type genus of this family has alternatively been placed in the family Hapalosiphonaceae Elenkin 1916.
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.
- 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Chlorogloeopsaceae".
- 🧍 According to Silva (1980) this taxon name is a synonym of Nostocaceae. 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: 1
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 1
Total number of child taxa: 1
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status Chlorogloeopsis Mitra and Pandey 1967 validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) correct name
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Parent taxon: Nostocales corrig. Borzì 1914
Assigned by:
Hoffmann L, Komárek J, Kaštovský J. System of cyanoprokaryotes (cyanobacteria) – state in 2004. Algol. Stud. 2005; 117:95-115.
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Record number: 6117
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