Name: Gomontiellaceae Elenkin ex Geitler 1942

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov.

Etymology: N.L. fem. pl. n. Gomontiellaceae, the Gomontiella family

Gender: feminine

Type genus: Gomontiella Teodoresco 1901

Valid publication: Geitler L. Schizophyta: Klasse Schizophyceae. In: Engler A, Prantl K (eds), Die natürlichen Pflanzenfamilien, Zweite Auflage. Vol. 1b, Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig, 1942, p. 1-232.

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Crinaliaceae Elenkin 1949	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)

• Notes:
  • Strunecky et al. (2023) assigned this family to the order "Gomontiellales". 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.
  • Komarek and Golubic (1990) assigned the subfamily "Gomontielloideae" to this family. Publication: Komarek J, Golubic S. Guide to the Nomenclature and formal taxonomic treatment of oxyphototroph prokaryotes (Cyanoprokaryotes). Unknown Publisher, Unknown City, 1990.
  • Strunecky et al. (2023) assigned the genus Yonedaella Umezaki 1962 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 Borzia Cohn ex Gomont 1892 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 "Anagnostidisand" 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 alternatively been placed in the family Oscillatoriaceae Engler 1898. 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 in some sources as: "Gomoniiellaceae"; "Gomoritiellaceae"; "Gomrmtiellaceae"; "Gomunfiellaceae"; "Gonmntiellaceae".
  • The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: SAG: 1; UTEX: 1; ATCC: 1.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 8
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 8
Total number of child taxa: 8

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Crinalium Crow 1927	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Cyanarcus Pascher 1914	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Filarszkya Forti 1907	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Gomontiella Teodoresco 1901	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Hormoscilla Anagnostidis and Komárek 1988	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Katagnymene Lemmermann 1899	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Komvophoron Anagnostidis and Komárek 1988	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Starria Lang 1977	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name

Parent taxon: Oscillatoriales Schaffner 1922

Assigned by: Hoffmann L, Komárek J, Kaštovský J. System of cyanoprokaryotes (cyanobacteria) – state in 2004. Algol. Stud. 2005; 117:95-115.

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Record number: 6109