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Name: Microcystaceae Elenkin 1933
Etymology: Mi.cro.cys.ta’ce.ae. N.L. fem. pl. n. Microcystaceae, the Microcystis family
Type genus: Microcystis Kützing 1833
Valid publication: Elenkin AA. O sistematicheskom podrazdenii poryadka Chroococcales Geitler (1925). Trudy Botanicheskogo Instituta Akademii Nauk SSSR, Ser. 2, Sporovye Rasteniya 1933; 1:17-21.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
Taxonomic status: correct name
Name | Kind |
---|---|
Prochloraceae (ex Lewin 1977) Florenzano et al. 1986 | heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name |
"Prochloraceae" Lewin 1977 | heterotypic synonym, not validly published |
"Beckiaceae" Elenkin 1933 | heterotypic synonym, not validly published |
Woronichiniaceae Elenkin 1933 | heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) |
Merismopediaceae Elenkin 1933 | heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) |
Aphanothecaceae (Komárek and Anagnostidis 1986) Komárek et al. 2014 | heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) |
Coelosphaeriaceae Elenkin 1933 | heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) |
Rubidibacteraceae Chuvochina et al. 2024 | heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP |
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 51
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 66
Total number of child taxa: 70
Name | Nomenclatural status | Taxonomic status |
---|---|---|
Agmenellum Brébisson 1839 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | synonym |
Altericista Averina et al. 2021 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
Anacystis Meneghini 1837 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
Aphanocapsa Nägeli 1849 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
Aphanothece Nägeli 1849 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), conserved name | correct name |
Aplococcus Roze 1896 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
Asterocapsa Chu 1952 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
"Beckia" Elenkin 1933 | not validly published | synonym (and no standing) |
Beckia Elenkin 1938 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | synonym |
Bichatia Turpin 1828 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), rejected name | in need of a replacement |
Cagniardia Trevisan 1848 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
Chalicogloea Roldán et al. 2013 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
Clathrocystis Henfrey 1856 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), rejected name | synonym |
Coccochloris Sprengel 1827 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), rejected name, later homonym | synonym |
Coccopedia Troitzkaja 1922 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
Coelocystis Nägeli 1849 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), illegitimate name | synonym |
Coelomoron Buell 1938 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
Coelosphaeriopsis Lemmermann 1899 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
Coelosphaerium Nägeli 1849 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
Crocosphaera Zehr et al. 2019 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
Cyanoaggregatum Werner et al. 2008 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
Cyanocatena Hindák 1975 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
Cyanocomperia Hindák 2001 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
Cyanodorina Chen et al. 2023 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
Cyanogastrum Schiller 1956 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | synonym |
Cyanogranis Hindák 1982 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
Cyanonephron Hickel 1985 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
Cyanostylon Geitler 1928 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
Cyanotetras Hindák 1988 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
Diplocystis Trevisan 1848 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), rejected name | synonym |
Dzensia Woronichin 1929 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
Erythroconis Ørsted 1842 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | synonym |
Eucapsis Clements and Shantz 1909 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
Globuloella Korde 1958 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
Gloeothece Nägeli 1849 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), conserved name | correct name |
Gonidium Ehrenberg ex Meneghini 1840 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
Holopedium Lagerheim 1893 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | synonym |
Hormothece Jao 1944 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
Hydroepicoccum De Notaris 1869 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | synonym |
Mantellum Dangeard 1941 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
Merismoarcus Hindák 1988 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
Merismopedia Meyen 1839 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), conserved name | correct name |
Micraloa Biasoletto 1832 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | synonym |
Microcystis Kützing 1833 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), conserved name | correct name |
"Microhaloa" Kützing 1843 | not validly published | preferred name (not correct name) |
Pannus Hickel 1991 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
Phylloderma Suringar 1872 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | synonym |
Pilgeria Schmidle 1901 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
Planktocyanocapsa Hindák 2002 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
Polycystis Kützing 1849 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), illegitimate name | synonym |
"Prochloron" Lewin 1977 | not validly published | synonym (and no standing) |
Prochloron (ex Lewin 1977) Florenzano et al. 1986 | validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name | in need of a replacement |
Pseudoholopedia (Ryppowa 1925) Elenkin 1938 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
"Pseudoholopedia" (Ryppowa 1925) Elenkin 1933 | not validly published | synonym (and no standing) |
Pseudoncobyrsa Geitler 1925 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
Radiocystis Skuja 1948 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
Rhyniococcus Edwards and Lyon 1983 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
Rippkaea Johansen and Mareš 2019 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
Rubidibacter Choi et al. 2008 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Siphonosphaera Hindák 1988 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
Snowella Elenkin 1938 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
Sorospora Hassall 1845 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
Speleotes Panou and Gkelis 2022 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
Sphaerocavum Azevedo and Sant'Anna 2003 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
Sphinctosiphon West 1907 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
Synechocystis Sauvageau 1892 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
Thaumaleocystis Trevisan 1848 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
Uranovia Korde 1958 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
Woronichinia Elenkin 1933 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
Zehria Johansen and Mareš 2019 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
Parent taxon: Chroococcales 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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Record number: 6107