Name: Mastigocladopsidaceae Iyengar and Desikachary 1946

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov.

Etymology: Mas.ti.go.clad.op.si.da’ce.ae. N.L. fem. pl. n. Mastigocladopsidaceae, the Mastigocladopsis family

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: mas-ti-go-klad-op-si-DA-ke-a͡e, feminine

Type genus: Mastigocladopsis Iyengar and Desikachary 1946

Valid publication: Iyengar MOP, Desikachary TV. Mastigocladopsis jogensis gen. et sp. nov., a new member of the Stigonemataceae. Proceedings of the Indian Academy of Sciences, Section B 1946; 24:55-59.

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

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Scytonemataceae corrig. Frank 1886

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Scytonemaceae" Borzì 1892	heterotypic synonym, inaccurate spelling
    Scytonemaceae Frank 1886	heterotypic synonym, inaccurate spelling (ICN [Botanical Code])
    Scytonemataceae corrig. Frank 1886	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
    Setchelliellaceae De Toni 1938	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
    Scytonemataceae corrig. Walton 1931	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), illegitimate name
    Scytonematidae Walton 1931	heterotypic synonym, inaccurate spelling and illegitimate (ICN [Botanical Code])
    Tildeniaceae Kossinskaja 1926	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), illegitimate name
    Parenchymorphaceae corrig. Tseng and Hua 1984	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
    "Symphyonemataceae" Hoffmann et al. 2005	heterotypic synonym, not validly published
    Parenchymorphataceae Tseng and Hua 1984	heterotypic synonym, inaccurate spelling (ICN [Botanical Code])
    "Brachytrichiaceae" Wartenberg 1972	heterotypic synonym, not validly published

• Notes:
  • 🧒 Iyengar and Desikachary (1946) assigned the genus Mastigocladopsis Iyengar and Desikachary 1946 to this family. Publication: Iyengar MOP, Desikachary TV. Mastigocladopsis jogensis gen. et sp. nov., a new member of the Stigonemataceae. Proceedings of the Indian Academy of Sciences, Section B 1946; 24:55-59.
  • 🛺 The type genus of this family has been placed in the family Scytonemataceae corrig. Frank 1886. 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. 🇨🇿
  • 🚃 The type genus of this family has alternatively been placed in the family "Symphyonemataceae" Hoffmann et al. 2005. 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 "Symphyonemataceae" Hoffmann et al. 2005. Publication: Hoffmann L, Komárek J, Kaštovský J. System of cyanoprokaryotes (cyanobacteria) – state in 2004. Algol. Stud. 2005; 117:95-115. 🇱🇺
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Mastigocladoideae"; "Mastigocladopsaceae".
  • ❗ Mastigocladopsidaceae is the correct name instead if this family is regarded as a separate family (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another family whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority).

Parent taxon: Nostocales corrig. Borzì 1914

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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Record number: 6158