Family Diplonemataceae

Name: Diplonemataceae (Borzì 1916) Elenkin 1935

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov.

Etymology: Di.plo.ne.ma.ta’ce.ae. N.L. fem. pl. n. Diplonemataceae, the Diplonema family

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: di-plo-ne-ma-TA-ke-a͡e, feminine

Type genus: Diplonema Borzì 1917

Valid publication: Elenkin AA. Ob osnovnykh printsipakh sistemy Cyanophyceae. Sovetsk. Bot. 1935; 5:51-83.

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

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Borzinemataceae Geitler 1942

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Borzinemataceae Geitler 1942	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)

Notes:
- 🧒 Elenkin (1935) assigned the genus Diplonema Borzì 1917 to this family. Publication: Elenkin AA. Ob osnovnykh printsipakh sistemy Cyanophyceae. Sovetsk. Bot. 1935; 5:51-83.
- 🛺 The type genus of this family has been placed in the family Borzinemataceae Geitler 1942. Publication: Komárek J, Golubić S. Guide to the Nomenclature and formal taxonomic treatment of oxyphototroph prokaryotes (Cyanoprokaryotes). Published by the Authors, Třeboň and Boston, 1990.
- 🚃 The type genus of this family has alternatively been placed in the family Scytonemataceae corrig. Frank 1886. Publication: Geitler L. Synoptische Darstellung der Cyanophyceen in morphologischer und systematischer Hinsicht. Beihefte zum Botanischen Centralblatt 1925; 41:163-294.
- 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Diplomemataceae"; "Diplonemafaceae"; "Diplonemalaceae"; "Diplouemataceae".
- 🧍 Illegitimate according to Silva (1980) because based on Stigonemataceae tribus Diplonemeae Borzì (1916, p. 570), which is based on Diplonema Borzì 1916, which is a later homonym. The same author regards Borzinema De Toni f. 1936 and Borzinemataceae Geitler 1942 as legitimate replacements. 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. — Hoffmann L, Komárek J, Kastovsky J. System of cyanoprokaryotes (cyanobacteria) - state in 2004. Algological Studies 2005; 117:95-115. 🇱🇺

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