Name: "Cyanobacteriaceae" Komárek et al. 2014

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov.

Etymology: Cy.a.no.bac.te.ri.a’ce.ae. N.L. fem. pl. n. Cyanobacteriaceae, the Cyanobacterium family

Gender: feminine

Type genus: "Cyanobacterium" Rippka and Cohen-Bazire 1983

Original 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: not validly published

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Geminocystaceae Tuji et al. 2021

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Geminocystaceae Tuji et al. 2021	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Komarek et al. (2014) assigned this family to the order Chroococcales 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 "Cyanobacterium" Rippka and Cohen-Bazire 1983 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.
  • 🛺 The type genus of this family has been placed in the family Geminocystaceae Tuji et al. 2021. Publication: Oren A, Mares J, Rippka R. Validation of the names Cyanobacterium and Cyanobacterium stanieri, and proposal of Cyanobacteriota phyl. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5528.

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