Name: Oscillariaceae Engler 1892

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov.

Etymology: Os.cil.la.ri.a’ce.ae. N.L. fem. pl. n. Oscillariaceae, the Oscillaria family

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: os-kil-la-ri-A-ke-a͡e, feminine

Type genus: Oscillaria Bosc ex Engler 1892

Valid publication: Engler A. Syllabus der Vorlesungen über specielle und medicinisch-pharmaceutische Botanik. Eine Uebersicht über das gesammte Pflanzensystem mit Berücksichtigung der Medicinal- und Nutzpflanzen. Grosse Ausgabe. Gebrüder Borntraeger, Berlin, 1892.

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

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Oscillatoriaceae Engler 1898

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    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
    Proauloporaceae Korde 1973	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
    Laspinemataceae corrig. Zimba et al. 2021	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)

• Notes:
  • 🧒 Engler (1892) assigned the genus Oscillaria Bosc ex Engler 1892 to this family. Publication: Engler A. Syllabus der Vorlesungen über specielle und medicinisch-pharmaceutische Botanik. Eine Uebersicht über das gesammte Pflanzensystem mit Berücksichtigung der Medicinal- und Nutzpflanzen. Grosse Ausgabe. Gebrüder Borntraeger, Berlin, 1892.
  • 🛺 The type genus of this family has been placed in the family Oscillatoriaceae Engler 1898. Publication: Komárek J, Golubić S. Guide to the Nomenclature and formal taxonomic treatment of oxyphototroph prokaryotes (Cyanoprokaryotes). Published by the Authors, Třeboň and Boston, 1990.
  • 🚋 The type genus of this family has alternatively been placed in the family Oscillatoriaceae Engler 1898. Publication: Komárek J, Golubić S. Guide to the Nomenclature and formal taxonomic treatment of oxyphototroph prokaryotes (Cyanoprokaryotes). Published by the Authors, Třeboň and Boston, 1990.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Osciliariaceae"; "Oscillaioriaceae"; "Oscillalariaceae"; "Oscillarariaceae"; "Oscillariacea"; "Oscillaroriaceae"; "Osoillariaceae".
  • 🧍 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.

Parent taxon: Oscillatoriales Schaffner 1922

Assigned by: LPSN automated production system. The following publication is only one of the sources consulted. It may or may not mention this taxon name. — 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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