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Family Cyanothrichaceae
Name: Cyanothrichaceae Kisselew 1947
Type genus: Cyanothrix Gardner 1927
Valid publication: Kisselew IA. K morfologii, ekologii, sistematike I geografischeskomu rasprostraneniyu sinezelenoj vodorosli Cyanothrix gardneri (Fremy). I. Kissel. Ampl. I. Kissel. Bot. Zhurn. SSSR 1947; 32:111-118.
Nomenclatural status: inaccurate spelling and illegitimate (ICN [Botanical Code])
Preferred name: Cyanotrichaceae corrig. Kisselew 1947
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Synonyms:
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Name Kind Mastigocladaceae Geitler 1925 heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) Geitleriaceae Kilgore and Johansen 2018 heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) Hapalosiphonaceae Elenkin 1916 heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) Lithonemataceae Elenkin 1949 heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) Loriellaceae Geitler 1925 heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) "Fischerellaceae" Anagnostidis and Komárek 1990 heterotypic synonym, not validly published Cyanotrichaceae corrig. Kisselew 1947 corrected spelling of name, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), illegitimate name
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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.
- 🚃 The type genus of this family has alternatively been placed in the family Cyanotrichaceae corrig. Kisselew 1947. Publication: Kisselew IA. K morfologii, ekologii, sistematike I geografischeskomu rasprostraneniyu sinezelenoj vodorosli Cyanothrix gardneri (Fremy). I. Kissel. Ampl. I. Kissel. Bot. Zhurn. SSSR 1947; 32:111-118.
- 🚃 The type genus of this family has alternatively been placed in the family Mastigocladaceae Geitler 1925. Publication: Komarek J, Golubic S. Guide to the Nomenclature and formal taxonomic treatment of oxyphototroph prokaryotes (Cyanoprokaryotes). Unknown Publisher, Unknown City, 1990.
- 🚃 The type genus of this family has alternatively been placed in the family Chroococcaceae Rabenhorst 1863. Publication: Gardner NL. New Myxophyceae from Porto Rico. Mem. N.Y. Bot. Garden 1927; 7:65.
Parent taxon: Nostocales corrig. Borzì 1914
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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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Record number: 3709
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