Name: Microcoleaceae (Hansgirg 1889) Komárek et al. 2014

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov.

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

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

Type genus: Microcoleus Desmazières ex Gomont 1892

Valid 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. 🇨🇿

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

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Microcoleaceae (Hansgirg 1892) Strunecký et al. 2013

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Pseudoscytonemataceae Elenkin 1949	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
    Plectonemataceae Elenkin 1949	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
    Vermifilaceae Berthold et al. 2020	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
    Microcoleaceae (Hansgirg 1892) Strunecký et al. 2013	homotypic 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)
    Lyngbyaceae (Gomont 1892) Hansgirg 1892	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)

• Notes:
  • 🛺 The type genus of this family has been placed in the family Microcoleaceae (Hansgirg 1892) Strunecký et al. 2013. 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. 🇨🇿
  • 🚃 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.
  • 🧍 Later isonym of Microcoleaceae (Hansgirg 1892) Strunecký et al. 2013. 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. 🇨🇿

Parent taxon: Oscillatoriales Schaffner 1922

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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