Name: Coleofasciculaceae Komárek et al. 2014

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov.

Etymology: Co.le.o.fa.sci.cu.la’ce.ae. N.L. fem. pl. n. Coleofasciculaceae, the Coleofasciculus family

Gender: feminine

Type genus: Coleofasciculus Siegesmund et al. 2008

Valid 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.

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Komarek et al. (2014) assigned this family to the order Oscillatoriales Schaffner 1922. 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.
  • 🧒 Komarek et al. (2014) assigned the genus Wilmottia Strunecký et al. 2011 to this family. 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.
  • 🧒 Komarek et al. (2014) assigned the genus Roseofilum Casamatta et al. 2012 to this family. 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.
  • 🧒 Komarek et al. (2014) assigned the genus Desertifilum Dadheech and Krienitz 2012 to this family. 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.
  • 🧒 Komarek et al. (2014) assigned the genus Geitlerinema (Anagnostidis and Komárek 1988) Anagnostidis 1989 to this family. 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.
  • 🧒 Komarek et al. (2014) assigned the genus "Anagnostidinema" Strunecký et al. 2014 to this family. 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.
  • 🧒 Lee et al. (2022) assigned the genus Ramsaria Heidari and Hauer 2018 to this family. Publication: Lee NJ, Kim T, Kim DH, Ki JS, Lee OM. Edaphophycus epilithus gen. et sp. nov. (Oscillatoriales, cyanobacteria) with a description of the morphology and molecular phylogeny. Phycological Research 2022; 70:171-184.
  • 🧒 Machado-De Lima and Branco (2020) assigned the genus Gracilinea Machado-de-Lima and Branco 2020 to this family. Publication: Machado De Lima NM, Branco LHZ. <p><strong>Biological soil crusts: new genera and species of Cyanobacteria from Brazilian semi-arid regions</strong></p>. Phytotaxa 2020; 470:263-281.
  • 🧒 Martins et al. (2019) assigned the genus Pycnacronema Martins and Branco 2019 to this family. Publication: Martins MD, Machado-de-Lima NM, Branco LHZ. Polyphasic approach using multilocus analyses supports the establishment of the new aerophytic cyanobacterial genus Pycnacronema (Coleofasciculaceae, Oscillatoriales). J Phycol 2019; 55:146-159.
  • 🧒 Strunecky et al. (2020) assigned the genus Anagnostidinema Strunecký et al. 2017 to this family. Publication: Strunecky O, Raabova L, Bernardova A, Ivanova AP, Semanova A, Crossley J, Kaftan D. Diversity of cyanobacteria at the Alaska North Slope with description of two new genera: Gibliniella and Shackletoniella. FEMS Microbiol Ecol 2020; 96:0.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Coelofasciculaceae".
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: UTEX: 5; PCC: 2; HAST: 2; BRNM: 2; CCALA: 1; IPPAS: 1; SAG: 1; UC: 1.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 16
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 17
Total number of child taxa: 19

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Allocoleopsis" Walter et al. 2017	not validly published	synonym
    Allocoleopsis Moreira-Fernandes et al. 2021	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Arizonema Moreira-Fernandes et al. 2021	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Caldora Engene et al. 2015	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Coleofasciculus Siegesmund et al. 2008	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Crassifilum Moreira-Fernandes et al. 2021	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Crustifilum Moreira-Fernandes et al. 2021	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Cyanohydnum Copeland 1936	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Edaphophycus Lee et al. 2022	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Funiculus Moreira-Fernandes et al. 2021	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Kastovskya Mühlsteinová et al. 2014	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Limnofasciculus Sorokovikova and Tikhonova 2023	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Marmoreocelis Machado-de-Lima and Branco 2020	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    "Moorea" Engene et al. 2012	not validly published	synonym
    Moorena Engene and Tronholm 2019	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Paludothrix Wu et al. 2024	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Parifilum Moreira-Fernandes et al. 2021	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Symbiothallus Chen et al. 2025	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Symploca Kützing ex Gomont 1892	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name

Parent taxon: Coleofasciculales 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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