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
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.
🚃 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.
Subdivision:
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