Name: Neosynechococcaceae Strunecký and Mareš 2023

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov.

Etymology: Ne.o.sy.ne.cho.coc.ca’ce.ae. N.L. fem. pl. n. Neosynechococcaceae, the Neosynechococcus family

Pronunciation, gender: ne-o-sy-ne-k^ho-kok-KA-ke-a͡e, feminine

Type genus: Neosynechococcus Dvořák et al. 2014

Valid 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.

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Neosynechococcaceae" Salazar et al. 2020	homotypic synonym, not validly published

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Chuvochina et al. (2023) assigned this family to the order Neosynechococcales Chuvochina et al. 2024. Publication: Chuvochina M, Mussig AJ, Chaumeil PA, Skarshewski A, Rinke C, Parks DH, Hugenholtz P. Proposal of names for 329 higher rank taxa defined in the Genome Taxonomy Database under two prokaryotic codes. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2023; 0:0.
  • 🚃 The type genus of this family has alternatively been placed in the family Leptolyngbyaceae Komárek et al. 2014. 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.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Neosynechococaceae".
  • ✏ The authority of the taxon name (Strunecký and Mareš) deliberately differs from the authors of the publication (Strunecky et al.).
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: OLM: 1.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 1
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 1
Total number of child taxa: 1

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Neosynechococcus Dvořák et al. 2014	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name

Parent taxon: Leptolyngbyales Strunecký and Mareš 2023

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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