Name: Oscillatoriaceae Engler 1898

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov.

Etymology: N.L. fem. pl. n. Oscillatoriaceae, the Oscillatoria family

Gender: feminine

Type genus: Oscillatoria Vaucher ex Gomont 1892

Valid publication: Engler A. Syllabus der Pflanzenfamilien. Vol. 2. Unknown Publisher, Berlin, 1898.

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Lyngbyaceae (Gomont 1892) Hansgirg 1892	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
    Oscillariaceae Engler 1892	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), illegitimate name
    Plectonemataceae Elenkin 1949	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)

• Notes:
  • Geitler (1925) assigned this family to the order Nostocales Borzì 1914. Publication: Geitler NN. [Title pending]. Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 1925; 41:231.
  • Elenkin (1949) assigned the genus Romeria Koczwara 1932 to this family. Publication: Elenkin AA. Monographia algarum Cyanophycearum aquidulcium et terrestrium in finibus URSS inventarum, Pars specialis (Systematica), Fasc. II. III. Hormogoneae (Geitl.) Elenk. Sumptibus Academiae Scientarum URSS, Mosqua & Leningrad, 1949.
  • Geitler (1925) assigned the genus Heliotrichum Wille ex Schütt 1893 to this family. Publication: Geitler NN. [Title pending]. Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 1925; 41:231.
  • Geitler (1925) assigned the genus Camptothrix West and West 1897 to this family. Publication: Geitler NN. [Title pending]. Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 1925; 41:231.
  • Geitler (1925) assigned the genus Pseudanabaena Lauterborn 1915 to this family. Publication: Geitler NN. [Title pending]. Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 1925; 41:231.
  • Geitler (1925) assigned the genus Katagnymene Lemmermann 1899 to this family. Publication: Geitler NN. [Title pending]. Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 1925; 41:231.
  • Geitler (1925) assigned the genus Proterendothrix West and West 1897 to this family. Publication: Geitler NN. [Title pending]. Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 1925; 41:231.
  • Geitler (1925) assigned the genus Borzia Cohn ex Gomont 1892 to this family. Publication: Geitler NN. [Title pending]. Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 1925; 41:231.
  • Geitler (1925) assigned the genus Symploca Kützing ex Gomont 1892 to this family. Publication: Geitler NN. [Title pending]. Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 1925; 41:231.
  • Geitler (1925) assigned the genus Spirulina Turpin ex Gomont 1892 to this family. Publication: Geitler NN. [Title pending]. Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 1925; 41:231.
  • Geitler (1925) assigned the genus Microcoleus Desmazières ex Gomont 1892 to this family. Publication: Geitler NN. [Title pending]. Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 1925; 41:231.
  • Geitler (1925) assigned the genus Porphyrosiphon Kützing ex Gomont 1892 to this family. Publication: Geitler NN. [Title pending]. Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 1925; 41:231.
  • Geitler (1925) assigned the genus Schizothrix Kützing ex Gomont 1892 to this family. Publication: Geitler NN. [Title pending]. Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 1925; 41:231.
  • Geitler (1925) assigned the genus Dasygloea Thwaites ex Gomont 1892 to this family. Publication: Geitler NN. [Title pending]. Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 1925; 41:231.
  • Geitler (1925) assigned the genus Isocystis Borzì ex Bornet and Flahault 1886 to this family. Publication: Geitler NN. [Title pending]. Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 1925; 41:231.
  • Geitler (1925) assigned the genus Gomontiella Teodoresco 1901 to this family. Publication: Geitler NN. [Title pending]. Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 1925; 41:231.
  • Geitler (1925) assigned the genus Pelagothrix Schmidt 1901 to this family. Publication: Geitler NN. [Title pending]. Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 1925; 41:231.
  • Geitler (1925) assigned the genus Haliarachne Lemmermann 1899 to this family. Publication: Geitler NN. [Title pending]. Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 1925; 41:231.
  • Geitler (1925) assigned the genus "Hydrocoleus" to this family. Publication: Geitler NN. [Title pending]. Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 1925; 41:231.
  • Geitler (1925) assigned the genus "Sirocoleus" to this family. Publication: Geitler NN. [Title pending]. Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 1925; 41:231.
  • Hoffmann et al. (2005) assigned the genus Hormoscilla Anagnostidis and Komárek 1988 to this family. Publication: Hoffmann L, Komárek J, Kaštovský J. System of cyanoprokaryotes (cyanobacteria) – state in 2004. Algol. Stud. 2005; 117:95-115.
  • Komarek and Golubic (1990) assigned the subfamily "Oscillatorioideae" to this family. Publication: Komarek J, Golubic S. Guide to the Nomenclature and formal taxonomic treatment of oxyphototroph prokaryotes (Cyanoprokaryotes). Unknown Publisher, Unknown City, 1990.
  • Komarek et al. (2014) assigned the genus Phormidium Kützing ex Gomont 1892 to this family. 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.
  • Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Engene et al. (2018), Caires et al. (2018). Editors in search of reviewers are advised to consider additional criteria such as whether a taxon is covered by one of the ICSP subcommittees.
  • According to Silva (1980) as circumscribed in the Index Nominum Genericorum, the Oscillatoriaceae include Borzia, the type of Borziaceae Borzì 1914; Crinalium, the type of Crinaliaceae Elenkin 1949; Plectonema, the type of Plectonemataceae Elenkin 1949; and Schizothrix, the type of Schizotrichaceae Elenkin 1949. Apparently Oscillatoriaceae was brought into post-starting point nomenclature by Engler (1892) as Oscillariaceae, based on Oscillaria Bosc ex Engler 1892, which is an orthographic variant of Oscillatoria Vaucher ex Gomont 1892 that is not in accordance with the rules of the ICN. Silva (1980) also remarks: "Antedating both Oscillariaceae and Oscillatoriaceae, however, is Lyngbyaceae (Gomont) Hansgirg 1892, based on Lyngbya C. Agardh ex Gomont 1892 (nom. cons). The key point in determining priority is the date of Gomont’s monograph, artificially set at 1 Jan. 1892 (cf. ICBN, Art. 13). Hansgirg’s article was published 5 Jan. while Engler’s ‘Syllabus’ appeared in April. In view of the widespread use of Oscillatoriaceae in preference to Lyngbyaceae, it seems appropriate to propose that name for conservation.". 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: 32
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 34
Total number of child taxa: 35

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Aerosakkonema Thu and Watanabe 2012	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Affixifilum Lefler et al. 2021	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Arturoa Gonzalez-Guerrero 1951	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Blennothrix Kützing ex Anagnostidis and Komárek 1988	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Caldora Engene et al. 2015	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Capillus Caires et al. 2018	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Cephalothrix Malone et al. 2015	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    "Cyclosperma" Bonnemaison 1822	not validly published
    Dapis Engene et al. 2018	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Filarszkya Forti 1907	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Filiconstrictosus Schopf and Blacic 1971	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Havrella Breton and Saulot 1986	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Hypheothrix Kützing ex Kirchner 1898	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Inactis Kützing ex Kirchner 1898	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Limnoraphis Komárek et al. 2013	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Lyngbya Agardh ex Gomont 1892	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), conserved name	correct name
    Microseira McGregor and Sendall 2015	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Moorea Engene et al. 2012	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Moorena Tronholm and Engene 2019	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Neolyngbya Caires et al. 2018	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Okeania Engene et al. 2013	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Oscillaria Bosc 1803	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), illegitimate name	in need of a replacement
    Oscillatoria Vaucher ex Gomont 1892	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Oscillatoriella Gaillon 1833	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Planktothrix Anagnostidis and Komárek 1988	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Plaxonema Tangl 1884	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Plectonema Thuret ex Gomont 1892	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Polychlamydum West and West 1897	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Potamolinea Martins and Branco 2016	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Potamosiphon McGregor and Sendall 2019	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Siphoderma Kützing 1843	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Trichodesmium Ehrenberg ex Gomont 1892	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), conserved name	correct name
    Trichophora Bonnemaison 1822	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Trichophorus Palisat ex Desvaux 1809	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Xanthotrichum Wille ex Kirchner 1898	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym

Parent taxon: Oscillatoriales Schaffner 1922

Assigned by: Hoffmann L, Komárek J, Kaštovský J. System of cyanoprokaryotes (cyanobacteria) – state in 2004. Algol. Stud. 2005; 117:95-115.

Linking: To permanently link to this page, use https://lpsn.dsmz.de/family/oscillatoriaceaeCopy to clipboardLink copied to clipboard

Record number: 6108