Name: Holopediaceae Elenkin 1933

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov.

Etymology: Ho.lo.pe.di.a’ce.ae. N.L. fem. pl. n. Holopediaceae, the Holopedia family

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: ho-lo-pe-di-A-ke-a͡e, feminine

Type genus: Holopedium Lagerheim 1893

Valid publication: Elenkin AA. O sistematicheskom podrazdenii poryadka Chroococcales Geitler (1925). Trudy Bot. Inst. Akad. Nauk SSSR, Ser. 2, Sporov. Rast. 1933; 1:17-21.

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

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Microcystaceae Elenkin 1933

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Prochloraceae" (ex Lewin 1977) Florenzano et al. 1986	heterotypic synonym, not validly published
    "Prochloraceae" Lewin 1977	heterotypic synonym, not validly published
    Woronichiniaceae Elenkin 1933	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
    "Beckiaceae" Elenkin 1933	heterotypic synonym, not validly published
    Microcystaceae Elenkin 1933	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
    Merismopediaceae Elenkin 1933	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
    Aphanothecaceae (Komárek and Anagnostidis 1986) Komárek et al. 2014	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
    Coelosphaeriaceae Elenkin 1933	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
    Rubidibacteraceae Chuvochina et al. 2024	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🧒 Elenkin (1933) assigned the genus Holopedium Lagerheim 1893 to this family. Publication: Elenkin AA. O sistematicheskom podrazdenii poryadka Chroococcales Geitler (1925). Trudy Botanicheskogo Instituta Akademii Nauk SSSR, Series 2, Sporovye Rasteniya 1933; 1:17-21.
  • 🛺 The type genus of this family has been placed in the family Microcystaceae Elenkin 1933. Publication: Komárek J, Anagnostidis K. Modern approach to the classification system of cyanophytes, 2 - Chroococcales. Algological Studies/Archiv für Hydrobiologie 1986; 43:157-226.
  • 🚃 The type genus of this family has alternatively been placed in the family Merismopediaceae Elenkin 1933. Publication: Komarek J, Golubic S. Guide to the Nomenclature and formal taxonomic treatment of oxyphototroph prokaryotes (Cyanoprokaryotes). Unknown Publisher, Unknown City, 1990.
  • 🚃 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: "Zolopediaceae".
  • 🧍 Illegitimate according to Silva (1980) because based on Holopedium (Lagerheim) Lagerheim 1893, which is a superfluous name for Microcrocis P. Richter 1892. The same author regards this name as 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.

Parent taxon: Chroococcales corrig. Ardissone 1886

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. — 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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