Name: Nodulariaceae Elenkin 1916

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov.

Etymology: No.du.la.ri.a’ce.ae. N.L. fem. pl. n. Nodulariaceae, the Nodularia family

Pronunciation, gender: no-du-la-ri-A-ke-a͡e, feminine

Type genus: Nodularia Mertens ex Bornet and Flahault 1886

Valid publication: Elenkin AA. Note sur le genre Nodularia Mert., suivie de la recherche critique sur la famille Nodulariaceae mihi.[ in Russian]. Izvestija Imperatorskago Botaniceskago Sada Petra Velikago 1916; 16:333-346.

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Aulosiraceae (Bornet and Flahault 1886) Woronichin 1926	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)

• Notes:
  • 🚃 The type genus of this family has alternatively been placed in the family Nostocaceae Eichler 1886. Publication: Hoffmann L, Komárek J, Kaštovský J. System of cyanoprokaryotes (cyanobacteria) – state in 2004. Algol. Stud. 2005; 117:95-115.
  • 🚃 The type genus of this family has alternatively been placed in the family Nostocaceae Eichler 1886. 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 Aphanizomenonaceae Elenkin 1938. 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: "Modulariaceae"; "Nadulariaceae"; "Nmiulariaceae"; "Nodularlaceae"; "Noduluriaceae"; "Vodulariaceae".
  • 💁 Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Cai and Li (2020), Pal 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 BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: SP: 7; MCC: 6; QBG: 4; CBFS: 3; SAG: 3; CCALA: 2; BRNM: 1; UTEX: 1; TAU-MAC: 1; BRY: 1.
  • 🧍 See also the comment on Nostocaceae by Silva (1980). Publication: Silva PC. Names of classes and families of living algae with special reference to their use in the Index Nominum Genericorum (Plantarum). Bohn, Scheltema & Holkema, Utrecht, 1980.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 20
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 21
Total number of child taxa: 22

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Ahomia Pal and Singh 2024	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Aliinostoc Bagchi et al. 2017	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Amazonocrinis Alvarenga et al. 2021	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Anabaenopsis Miller 1923	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Atlanticothrix Alvarenga et al. 2021	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Aulosira Kirchner ex Bornet and Flahault 1886	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Chrysosporum Zapomělová et al. 2012	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Cyanocohniella Kaštovský et al. 2014	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    "Cyanospira" Florenzano et al. 1985	not validly published	synonym
    Cyanospira Florenzano et al. 2015	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), illegitimate name	synonym
    Dendronalium Alvarenga et al. 2021	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Desikacharya Saraf et al. 2019	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Goleter Miscoe and Johansen 2016	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Halotia Genuário et al. 2015	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Kaarinaea Saraf et al. 2025	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Minunostoc Cai and Li 2019	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Nodularia Mertens ex Bornet and Flahault 1886	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), conserved name	correct name
    Pseudoaliinostoc Lee et al. 2021	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Purpureonostoc Cai and Li 2020	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Reofilinostoc Garduño-Solórzano et al. 2024	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Trichormus (Ralfs ex Bornet and Flahault 1886) Komárek and Anagnostidis 1989	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Umezakia Watanabe 1987	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name

Parent taxon: Nostocales corrig. Borzì 1914

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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