Name: Oscillariaceae Engler 1892

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov.

Etymology: N.L. fem. pl. n. Oscillariaceae, the Oscillaria family

Gender: feminine

Valid publication: Engler A. Syllabus der Vorlesungen über specielle and medicinisch-pharmaceutische Botanik. Grosse Ausgabe. Unknown publisher, Berlin, 1892.

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

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Oscillatoriaceae Engler 1898

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Laspinemataceae corrig. Zimba et al. 2021	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
    Laspinemaceae Zimba et al. 2021	heterotypic synonym, inaccurate spelling (ICN [Botanical Code])
    Phormidiaceae Anagnostidis and Komárek 1988	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
    Oscillatoriaceae Engler 1898	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), conserved name

• Notes:
  • 🧒 Engler (1892) assigned the genus "Oscillaria" Bosc 1803 to this family. Publication: Engler A. Syllabus der Vorlesungen über specielle und medicinisch-pharmaceutische Botanik. Eine Uebersicht über das gesammte Pflanzensystem mit Beruecksichtigung der Medicinal- und Nutzpflanzen. Grosse Ausgabe. Gebrueder Borntraeger, Berlin, 1892.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Oscillaioriaceae"; "Oscillalariaceae"; "Oscillarariaceae"; "Oscillaroriaceae".
  • 🧍 Illegitimate according to Silva (1980) because based on Oscillaria Bosc ex Engler 1892, which is an illegitimate orthographic variant of Oscillatoria Vaucher ex Gomont 1892. See also the comment on Oscillatoriaceae. 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.

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Record number: 6150