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Family "Limnotrichaceae"
Name: "Limnotrichaceae" Salazar et al. 2020
Etymology: Lim.no.tri.cha’ce.ae. N.L. fem. pl. n. Limnotrichaceae, the Limnothrix family
Pronunciation, gender: lim-no-tri-KHA-ke-a͡e, feminine
Type genus: Limnothrix Meffert 1987
Original publication:
Salazar VW, Tschoeke DA, Swings J, Cosenza CA, Mattoso M, Thompson CC, Thompson FL. A new genomic taxonomy system for the Synechococcus collective. Environ Microbiol 2020; 22:4557-4570. 
Nomenclatural status: not validly published
Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)
Correct name: Pseudanabaenaceae Anagnostidis and Komárek 1988
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Synonyms:
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Name Kind Pseudanabaenaceae Anagnostidis and Komárek 1988 heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) Sokoloviaceae Elenkin 1926 heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
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Notes:
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🧕 Salazar et al. (2020) assigned this family to the order "Cyanobacteriales" Rippka and Cohen-Bazire 1983.
Publication:
Salazar VW, Tschoeke DA, Swings J, Cosenza CA, Mattoso M, Thompson CC, Thompson FL. A new genomic taxonomy system for the Synechococcus collective. Environ Microbiol 2020; 22:4557-4570.
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🛺 The type genus of this family has been placed in the family Pseudanabaenaceae Anagnostidis and Komárek 1988.
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.
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🚋 The type genus of this family has alternatively been placed in the family Pseudanabaenaceae Anagnostidis and Komárek 1988.
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.
- 🧍 Considered not validly published. Incidental mention. Publication: McNeill J, Barrie FR, Buck WR, Demoulin V, Greuter W, Hawksworth DL, Herendeen PS, Knapp S, Marhold K, Prado J, et al. International Code of Nomenclature for Algae, Fungi and Plants (Melbourne Code). Koeltz Scientific Books, Königstein, 2012.
- 🧍 While the authors did not explicitly propose this taxon name, they did not provide a proper citation of the authority of the name either.
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🧕 Salazar et al. (2020) assigned this family to the order "Cyanobacteriales" Rippka and Cohen-Bazire 1983.
Publication:
Salazar VW, Tschoeke DA, Swings J, Cosenza CA, Mattoso M, Thompson CC, Thompson FL. A new genomic taxonomy system for the Synechococcus collective. Environ Microbiol 2020; 22:4557-4570.
Parent taxon: "Pseudanabaenales" Hoffmann et al. 2005
Assigned by:
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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: 64578
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