Name: "Cyanobiaceae" Salazar et al. 2020

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov.

Etymology: N.L. fem. pl. n. Cyanobiaceae, the Cyanobium family

Gender: feminine

Type genus: Cyanobium Rippka and Cohen-Bazire 1983

Original publication: Salazar VW, Tschoeke DA, Swings J, Cosenza CA, Mattoso M, Thompson CC, Thompson FL. A new genomic taxonomy system for the Synechococcus collective. Environ Microbiol 2020; 22:4557-4570.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Correct name: Synechococcaceae Komárek and Anagnostidis 1995

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Synechococcaceae Komárek and Anagnostidis 1995	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
    Alternantiaceae Schiller 1954	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)

• Notes:
  • Salazar et al. (2020) assigned this family to the order "Synechococcales" Hoffmann et al. 2005. Publication: Salazar VW, Tschoeke DA, Swings J, Cosenza CA, Mattoso M, Thompson CC, Thompson FL. A new genomic taxonomy system for the Synechococcus collective. Environ Microbiol 2020; 22:4557-4570.
  • Salazar et al. (2020) assigned the genus "Synechospongium" Salazar et al. 2020 to this family. Publication: Salazar VW, Tschoeke DA, Swings J, Cosenza CA, Mattoso M, Thompson CC, Thompson FL. A new genomic taxonomy system for the Synechococcus collective. Environ Microbiol 2020; 22:4557-4570.
  • Salazar et al. (2020) assigned the genus "Lacustricoccus" Salazar et al. 2020 to this family. Publication: Salazar VW, Tschoeke DA, Swings J, Cosenza CA, Mattoso M, Thompson CC, Thompson FL. A new genomic taxonomy system for the Synechococcus collective. Environ Microbiol 2020; 22:4557-4570.
  • The type genus of this family has been placed in the family Synechococcaceae Komárek and Anagnostidis 1995. 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.
  • Regarded as not validly published. No diagnosis. 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.
  • While the authors did not explicitly propose this taxon name, they did not provide a proper citation of the authority of the name either.

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