Family "Cyanobacteriaceae"

Name: "Cyanobacteriaceae" Komárek et al. 2014

Category, proposed as: family, fam. nov.

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

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: ky-a-no-bak-te-ri-A-ke-a͡e, 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: Merismopediaceae Elenkin 1933

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Merismopediaceae Elenkin 1933	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
    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 corrig. Ardissone 1886. 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 Merismopediaceae Elenkin 1933. Publication: Pokorny J, Kastovsky J, Stenclova LM. Epitypification of Merismopedia tranquilla (Cyanobacteria) prompts phylogenetic reassessment of the genus and the description of two morphologically similar genera. J Phycol 2026; 0:0. 🇨🇿
  • 🚃 The type genus of this family has alternatively 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. 🇮🇱

Parent taxon: Chroococcales corrig. Ardissone 1886

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. — Pokorny J, Kastovsky J, Stenclova LM. Epitypification of Merismopedia tranquilla (Cyanobacteria) prompts phylogenetic reassessment of the genus and the description of two morphologically similar genera. J Phycol 2026; 0:0. 🇨🇿

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