Name: Cyanotrichaceae corrig. Kisselew 1947

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov.

Etymology: Cy.a.no.tri.cha’ce.ae. N.L. fem. pl. n. Cyanotrichaceae, the Cyanothrix family

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: ky-a-no-tri-K^HA-ke-a͡e, feminine

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: validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), illegitimate name

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Hapalosiphonaceae Elenkin 1916

• Synonyms:

  • 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)
    Cyanothrichaceae Kisselew 1947	other spelling of name, inaccurate spelling and illegitimate (ICN [Botanical Code])
    "Fischerellaceae" Anagnostidis and Komárek 1990	heterotypic synonym, not validly published

• 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. 🇨🇿
  • 🧕 Strunecky et al. (2023) assigned this family to the order Chroococcales corrig. Ardissone 1886. Publication: 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. 🇨🇿
  • 🧒 De Oliveira et al. (2024) assigned the genus Pseudolimnococcus de Oliveira et al. 2024 to this family. Publication: de Oliveira FL, Hentschke GS, Morais J, Silva R, Cruz P, Vasconcelos VM. Exploring the cyanobacterial diversity in Portugal: Description of four new genera from LEGE-CC using the polyphasic approach. J Phycol 2024; 60:1285-1304. 🇧🇷
  • 🧒 Kisselew (1947) assigned the genus Cyanothrix Schmidle 1897 to this family. 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.
  • 🧒 Komarek et al. (2014) assigned the genus Johannesbaptistia De Toni f. 1934 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. 🇨🇿
  • 🧒 Strunecky et al. (2023) assigned the genus Limnococcus (Komárek and Anagnostidis 1999) Komárková et al. 2010 to this family. Publication: 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. 🇨🇿
  • 🧒 Strunecky et al. (2023) assigned the genus Johannesbaptistia De Toni f. 1934 to this family. Publication: 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. 🇨🇿
  • 🛺 The type genus of this family has been placed in the family Chroococcaceae Rabenhorst 1863. Publication: Drouet F, Daily WA. Revision of the coccoid Myxophyceae. Butler University Botanical Studies 1956; 12:89.
  • 🚃 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.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Cyanotricaceae".
  • 🧍 Illegitimate according to Silva (1980) because based on Cyanothrix Gardner 1926, which is a later homonym. The same author regards this name as a synonym of Tubiellaceae. Publication: Silva PC. Names of classes and families of living algae with special reference to their use in the Index Nominum Genericorum (Plantarum). Bohn, Scheltema & Holkema, Utrecht, 1980.

Parent taxon: Nostocales corrig. Borzì 1914

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. — 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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