Name: Oscillariaceae Engler 1892

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov.

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

Gender: feminine

Type genus: Oscillaria Bosc 1803

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
    Lyngbyaceae (Gomont 1892) Hansgirg 1892	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
    Oscillatoriaceae Engler 1898	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
    Plectonemataceae Elenkin 1949	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)

• Notes:
  • The type genus of this family has been placed in the family Oscillatoriaceae Engler 1898. Publication: Komarek J, Golubic S. Guide to the Nomenclature and formal taxonomic treatment of oxyphototroph prokaryotes (Cyanoprokaryotes). Unknown Publisher, Unknown City, 1990.
  • This taxon name is occasionally misprinted in some sources as: "Oscillaioriaceae"; "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