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Family "Desmonemataceae"
Name: "Desmonemataceae" Kondratyeva 1968
Etymology: N.L. fem. pl. n. Desmonemataceae, the Desmonema family
Type genus: Desmonema Berkeley and Thwaites ex Bornet and Flahault 1886
Original publication: Kondratyeva NV. Sino-zeleni vodorosti-Cyanophyta [Blue-green algae - Cyanophyta]. In Viznanik prisnovodnych Vodorostej Ukrajinskoj RSR. Vol. 1(2). Naukova dumka, Kiev, 1968.
Nomenclatural status: not validly published
Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)
Correct name: Tolypotrichaceae corrig. Hauer et al. 2014
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Synonyms:
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Name Kind Tolypothrichaceae Hauer et al. 2014 heterotypic synonym, inaccurate spelling (ICN [Botanical Code]) Tolypotrichaceae corrig. Hauer et al. 2014 heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
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Notes:
- 🛺 The type genus of this family has been placed in the family Tolypotrichaceae corrig. Hauer et al. 2014. 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 Hydrocorynaceae Elenkin 1949. Publication: Elenkin AA. Sinezeleniye vodorosli SSSR. Monografiya presnovodnykh i nazemnykh S'yanofiseaye, obnaruzhennykh v predelakh SSSR. Spetsial'naya (sistematicheskaya) chast', vyp. II. III. Hormogoneae (Geitl.) Elenk. (okonchaniye). Izdate'stvo Akademii Nauk SSSR, Moscow, 1949.
- 🚃 The type genus of this family has alternatively been placed in the family Microchaetaceae Lemmermann 1907. Publication: Geitler L. Synoptische Darstellung der Cyanophyceen in morphologischer und systematischer Hinsicht. Beihefte zum Botanischen Centralblatt 1925; 41:163-294.
- 🚃 The type genus of this family has alternatively been placed in the family Scytonemataceae corrig. Frank 1886. Publication: Bornet É, Flahault C. Revision des Nostocacées hétérocystées contenues dans les principaux herbiers de France (Troisième fragment). Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Botanique, Septième série 1886; 5:51-129.
- 🧍 According to Silva (1980) this taxon name would not be in accordance with the rules of the ICNafp even if it was valid because the type, Desmonema Berkeley et Thwaites ex Bornet et Flahault 1886, is a later homonym. According to Silva (1980), this taxon name is a synonym of Scytonemataceae. 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.
- 🧍 Considered not validly published. No Latin diagnosis (Article 44.1). 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.
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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