Name: Gomphosphaeriaceae Elenkin 1933

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov.

Etymology: N.L. fem. pl. n. Gomphosphaeriaceae, the Gomphosphaeria family

Gender: feminine

Type genus: Gomphosphaeria Kützing 1836

Valid publication: Elenkin AA. O sistematicheskom podrazdenii poryadka Chroococcales Geitler (1925). Trudy Botanicheskogo Instituta Akademii Nauk SSSR, Ser. 2, Sporovye Rasteniya 1933; 1:17-21.

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Beckiaceae Elenkin 1933	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)

• Notes:
  • Hoffmann et al. (2005) assigned the genus Woronichinia Elenkin 1933 to this family. Publication: Hoffmann L, Komárek J, Kaštovský J. System of cyanoprokaryotes (cyanobacteria) – state in 2004. Algol. Stud. 2005; 117:95-115.
  • Hoffmann et al. (2005) assigned the genus "Snowella" to this family. Publication: Hoffmann L, Komárek J, Kaštovský J. System of cyanoprokaryotes (cyanobacteria) – state in 2004. Algol. Stud. 2005; 117:95-115.
  • The type genus of this family has alternatively been placed in the family Chroococcaceae Rabenhorst 1863. Publication: Geitler NN. [Title pending]. Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 1925; 41:231.
  • According to Silva (1980) this taxon name is a synonym of Chroococcaceae. 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.

Subdivision:

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: 1

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Gomphosphaeria Kützing 1836	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name

Parent taxon: Chroococcales 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: 6105