Name: Gomphosphaeriaceae Elenkin 1933

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov.

Etymology: Gom.pho.sphae.ri.a’ce.ae. N.L. fem. pl. n. Gomphosphaeriaceae, the Gomphosphaeria family

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: gom-p^ho-sp^ha͡e-ri-A-ke-a͡e, 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

• Notes:
  • 🧒 Hoffmann et al. (2005) assigned the genus Snowella Elenkin 1938 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 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. 🇱🇺
  • 🧒 Komarek et al. (2014) assigned the genus Beckia Elenkin 1938 to this family. 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 Chroococcaceae Rabenhorst 1863. 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: "Gemphosphaeriaceae"; "Gokmphosphaeriaceae"; "Gomphesphaeriaceae"; "Gomphospharriaceae".
  • 🧍 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: 2
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 2
Total number of child taxa: 2

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Gomphosphaeria Kützing 1836	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Thamniastrum Reinsch 1888	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name

Parent taxon: Chroococcales corrig. Ardissone 1886

Assigned by: 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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