Name: Microcoleaceae (Hansgirg 1892) Strunecký et al. 2013

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov.

Etymology: Mi.cro.co.le.a’ce.ae. N.L. fem. pl. n. Microcoleaceae, the family of the genus Microcoleus

Pronunciation, gender: mi-kro-ko-le-A-ke-a͡e, feminine

Type genus: Microcoleus Desmazières ex Gomont 1892

Valid publication: Strunecky O, Komarek J, Johansen J, Lukesova A, Elster J. Molecular and morphological criteria for revision of the genus Microcoleus (Oscillatoriales, Cyanobacteria). J Phycol 2013; 49:1167-1180.

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Vermifilaceae Berthold et al. 2020	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
    Pseudoscytonemataceae Elenkin 1949	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
    Sirenicapillariaceae Berthold et al. 2022	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
    Homoeotrichaceae Elenkin 1949	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
    Plectonemataceae Elenkin 1949	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
    Lyngbyaceae (Gomont 1892) Hansgirg 1892	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
    Microcoleaceae (Hansgirg 1889) Komárek et al. 2014	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), illegitimate name

• Notes:
  • 🧒 Komarek et al. (2014) assigned the genus Oxynema Chatchawan et al. 2012 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.
  • 🧒 Komarek et al. (2014) assigned the genus Ammassolinea Hašler et al. 2014 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.
  • 🧒 Komarek et al. (2014) assigned the genus Symploca Kützing ex Gomont 1892 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.
  • 🧒 Komarek et al. (2014) assigned the genus Annamia Nguyen 2013 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.
  • 🧒 Komarek et al. (2014) assigned the genus Planktothricoides Suda and Watanabe 2002 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.
  • 🧒 Komarek et al. (2014) assigned the genus Cyanohydnum Copeland 1936 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.
  • 🧒 Komarek et al. (2014) assigned the genus "Klisinema" 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.
  • 🧒 Komarek et al. (2014) assigned the genus "Laspinema" 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.
  • 🧒 Strunecky et al. (2023) assigned the genus "Tigrinifium" to this family. 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 Lyngbyaceae (Gomont 1892) Hansgirg 1892. Publication: Hansgirg A. Nova addenda in Synopsin generum subgenerumque Myxophycearum (Wallroth 1833), Stizenberger 1860. Nuova Notarisia 1892; 3:1-3.
  • 🚃 The type genus of this family has alternatively been placed in the family Schizotrichaceae Elenkin 1949. Publication: Elenkin AA. Sinezeleniye vodorosli SSSR. Monografiya presnovodnykh i nazemnykh S'yanofiseaye, obnaruzhennykh v predelakh SSSR. Spetsial'naya (sistematicheskaya) chast', vyp. II. III. Hormogoneae (Geitl.) Elenk. (okonchaniye). Izdate'stvo Akademii Nauk SSSR, Moscow, 1949.
  • 🚃 The type genus of this family has alternatively been placed in the family Oscillatoriaceae Engler 1898. Publication: Geitler L. Synoptische Darstellung der Cyanophyceen in morphologischer und systematischer Hinsicht. Beihefte zum Botanischen Centralblatt 1925; 41:163-294.
  • 🚃 The type genus of this family has alternatively been placed in the family Phormidiaceae Anagnostidis and Komárek 1988. 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: "Microcoecaceae".
  • 💁 Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Caires et al. (2018), Berthold et al. (2022). Editors in search of reviewers are advised to consider additional criteria such as whether a taxon is covered by one of the ICSP subcommittees.
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: US: 21; BRY: 11; NIES: 8; PCC: 8; CCALA: 6; CBFS: 5; CCAP: 4; SP: 4; UTEX: 4; SAG: 3.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 43
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 48
Total number of child taxa: 59

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Affixifilum Lefler et al. 2021	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Ammatoidea West and West 1897	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Ancylothrix Martins and Branco 2016	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Arthrospira Stizenberger ex Gomont 1892	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    "Arthrotilum" Rabenhorst 1865	not validly published	preferred name
    Blennothrix Kützing ex Anagnostidis and Komárek 1988	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Capilliphycus Caires et al. 2019	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Capillus Caires et al. 2018	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), illegitimate name	synonym
    Dapis Engene et al. 2018	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Dasygloea Thwaites ex Gomont 1892	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    "Entothrix" Kützing 1843	not validly published	preferred name
    "Gloionema" Agardh 1812	not validly published	preferred name
    Haliarachne Lemmermann 1899	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Hammatoidea corrig. West and West 1897	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), inappropriate correction	misspelling
    Homoeothrix (Thuret ex Bornet and Flahault 1887) Kirchner 1898	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), conserved name	correct name
    Hydrocoleum Kützing ex Gomont 1892	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Johansenia Hašler et al. 2014	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), illegitimate name	synonym
    Johanseninema Hašler et al. 2014	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Kamptonema Strunecký et al. 2014	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Kuetzingina Kuntze 1898	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    "Leibleinia" Kützing 1843	not validly published	synonym
    Leibleinia (Gomont 1890) Hoffmann 1985	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Leptochromothrix Berthold et al. 2020	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Limnoraphis Komárek et al. 2013	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Limnospira Nowicka-Krawczyk et al. 2019	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Lyngbya Agardh ex Gomont 1892	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), conserved name	correct name
    Lyngbyopsis Gardner 1927	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Microcoleus Desmazières ex Gomont 1892	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Microcoleusiopsis Geng and Yu 2021	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    "Nemacola" Massalongo 1855	not validly published	preferred name
    Neolyngbya Caires et al. 2018	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Neomicrocoleus Geng et al. 2024	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Okeania Engene et al. 2013	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Ophiophycus Berthold et al. 2020	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Pelagothrix Schmidt 1902	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Phormidiochaete Komárek 2001	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Planktothrix Anagnostidis and Komárek 1988	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Plectonema Thuret ex Gomont 1892	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Polychlamydum West and West 1897	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Porphyrosiphon Kützing ex Gomont 1892	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Proterendothrix West and West 1897	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Pseudophormidium (Forti 1907) Anagnostidis and Komárek 1988	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Pseudoscytonema Elenkin 1949	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Reticulonema Hentschke et al. 2025	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    "Rheamaris" Walter et al. 2017	not validly published	synonym
    Sirenicapillaria Berthold et al. 2022	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Sirocoleum Kützing ex Gomont 1892	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    [Skujaella]	preliminary entry that lacks crucial information
    "Symphyothrix" Kützing 1843	not validly published	preferred name
    Symplocastrum (Gomont 1892) Kirchner 1898	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Tenebriella Hauerová et al. 2021	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Tigrinifilum Berthold et al. 2022	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Trichodesmium Ehrenberg ex Gomont 1892	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), conserved name	correct name
    "Trichodesmium" Ehrenberg 1830	not validly published	synonym
    Tychonema Anagnostidis and Komárek 1988	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Vaginaria Gray ex Kuntze 1898	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    "Vaginaria" Gray 1821	not validly published	synonym
    "Vaginaria" Bonnemaison 1822	not validly published	synonym
    Vermifilum Berthold et al. 2020	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name

Parent taxon: Oscillatoriales Schaffner 1922

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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