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Family Holopediaceae
Name: Holopediaceae Elenkin 1933
Etymology: Ho.lo.pe.di.a’ce.ae. N.L. fem. pl. n. Holopediaceae, the Holopedia family
Pronunciation, gender: ho-lo-pe-di-A-ke-a͡e, feminine
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
Correct name: Chroococcaceae Rabenhorst 1863
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Synonyms:
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Name Kind Chroococcaceae Rabenhorst 1863 heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
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Notes:
- 🙄 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
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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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Record number: 6137
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