Name: Nodosilineaceae Strunecký and Mareš 2023

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov.

Etymology: No.do.si.li.ne.a’ce.ae. N.L. fem. pl. n. Nodosilineaceae, the Nodosilinea family

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: no-do-si-li-ne-A-ke-a͡e, feminine

Type genus: Nodosilinea Perkerson and Casamatta 2011

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

• Notes:
  • 🚃 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. 🇨🇿
  • 🚃 The type genus of this family has alternatively been placed in the family Phormidesmidaceae corrig. 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. 🇦🇺
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Nodosilineae".
  • 💁 Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Sonam et al. (2026), Roy et al. (2024). 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 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: MCC: 7; CBFS: 4; UTEX: 3; CCTCC: 3; BRY: 2; USM: 2; PCC: 2; CMAA: 1; B: 1; PMC: 1.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 11
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 11
Total number of child taxa: 14

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Almyronema Roy and Mukherjee 2024	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    "Amazoninema" Genuário et al. 2018	not validly published	preferred name
    "Arhinema" Walter et al. 2017	not validly published	synonym
    Euryhalinema Chakraborty and Mukherjee 2019	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Gibliniella Strunecký and Raabová 2020	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Haloleptolyngbya Dadheech et al. 2012	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Halomicronema Abed et al. 2002	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Krienitziella Sonam et al. 2026	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Leptoelongatus Chakraborty and Mukherjee 2019	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Marileptolyngbya Zhou and Ling 2018	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Nodosilinea Perkerson and Casamatta 2011	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Pushkarnema Sonam et al. 2026	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Salileptolyngbya Zhou 2018	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    "Sphaerothrix" Curren et al. 2024	not validly published	preferred name

Parent taxon: Nodosilineales 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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