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Family Godleyaceae
Name: Godleyaceae Hauer et al. 2014
Etymology: Go.dley.a’ce.ae. N.L. fem. pl. n. Godleyaceae, the Godleya family
Pronunciation (Latin), gender: go-dley-A-ke-a͡e, feminine
Type genus: Godleya Novis and Visnovsky 2011
Valid publication:
Hauer T, Bohunicka M, Johansen JR, Mares J, Berrendero-Gomez E. Reassessment of the cyanobacterial family Microchaetaceae and establishment of new families Tolypothrichaceae and Godleyaceae. J Phycol 2014; 50:1089-1100. 
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Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
Taxonomic status: correct name
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Notes:
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🚃 The type genus of this family has alternatively been placed in the family Tolypotrichaceae corrig. Hauer et al. 2014.
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. 🇨🇿
- 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Godyleaceae".
- 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: CHR: 1; PH: 1.
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🚃 The type genus of this family has alternatively been placed in the family Tolypotrichaceae corrig. Hauer et al. 2014.
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.
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 1
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 1
Total number of child taxa: 2
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status Godleya Novis and Visnovsky 2011 validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) correct name "Toxopsis" Lamprinou et al. 2012 not validly published preferred name
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Parent taxon: Nostocales corrig. Borzì 1914
Assigned by: Komárek J, Kaštovský J, Mareš J, Johansen JR. Taxonomic classification of cyanoprokaryotes (cyanobacterial genera) 2014, using a polyphasic approach. Preslia 2014; 86:295-335. 🇨🇿
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Record number: 6111
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