Name: "Chroococcidiopsidaceae" Geitler 1942

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov.

Etymology: N.L. fem. pl. n. Chroococcidiopsidaceae, the Chroococcidiopsis family

Gender: feminine

Type genus: Chroococcidiopsis Geitler 1933

Original publication: Geitler L. Schizophyta: Klasse Schizophyceae. In: Engler A, Prantl K (eds), Die natürlichen Pflanzenfamilien, Zweite Auflage. Vol. 1b, Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig, 1942, p. 1-232.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Chroococcidiopsidaceae Geitler ex Büdel et al. 2012

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Chlorogloeaceae Geitler 1925	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
    Chroococcidiopsidaceae Geitler ex Büdel et al. 2012	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
    Gloeocapsaceae Elenkin 1933	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
    "Sinocapsaceae" Wang et al. 2019	heterotypic synonym, not validly published
    "Aliterellaceae" Rigonato et al. 2016	heterotypic synonym, not validly published

• Notes:
  • 🛺 The type genus of this family has been placed in the family Chroococcidiopsidaceae Geitler ex Büdel et al. 2012. Publication: Büdel B, Kauff F. Prokaryotic Algae, Blue-green Algae. In: Frey W (eds), Syllabus of Plant Families, Engler’s Syllabus der Pflanzenfamilien, 13th ed., Part 1/1 Blue-green algae, Myxomycetes and Myxomycete-like organisms, Phytoparasitic protists, heterotrophic Heterokontobionta and Fungi p.p, Borntraeger, Stuttgart, 2012, p. 5-39.
  • 🚃 The type genus of this family has alternatively been placed in the family Xenococcaceae Ercegović 1932. 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: "Chroococidiopsidaceae".
  • 🧍 Considered not validly published. Provisional name. Publication: McNeill J, Barrie FR, Buck WR, Demoulin V, Greuter W, Hawksworth DL, Herendeen PS, Knapp S, Marhold K, Prado J, et al. International Code of Nomenclature for Algae, Fungi and Plants (Melbourne Code). Koeltz Scientific Books, Königstein, 2012.

Parent taxon: Chroococcidiopsidales Komárek et al. 2014

Assigned by: LPSN automated production system. The following publication is only one of the sources consulted. It may or may not mention this taxon name. — 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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