Name: Plectonemataceae Elenkin 1949

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov.

Etymology: Plec.to.ne.ma.ta’ce.ae. N.L. fem. pl. n. Plectonemataceae, the Plectonema family

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: plek-to-ne-ma-TA-ke-a͡e, feminine

Type genus: Plectonema Thuret ex Gomont 1892

Valid publication: Elenkin AA. Sinezelenye vodorosli SSSR. Spetsial’naya (sistematicheskaya) chast’. Vyp. 2. Izdatel'stvo Akademii Nauk USSR, Moskva & Leningrad, 1949.

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

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Microcoleaceae (Hansgirg 1892) Strunecký et al. 2013

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Pseudoscytonemataceae Elenkin 1949	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
    Vermifilaceae Berthold et al. 2020	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
    Microcoleaceae (Hansgirg 1892) Strunecký et al. 2013	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
    Sirenicapillariaceae Berthold et al. 2022	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
    Homoeotrichaceae Elenkin 1949	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
    Lyngbyaceae (Gomont 1892) Hansgirg 1892	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
    Microcoleaceae (Hansgirg 1889) Komárek et al. 2014	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), illegitimate name

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Elenkin (1949) assigned this family to the order Oscillatoriales Schaffner 1922. Publication: Elenkin AA. Sinezeleniye vodorosli SSSR. Monografiya presnovodnykh i nazemnykh S'yanofiseaye, obnaruzhennykh v predelakh SSSR. Spetsial'naya (sistematicheskaya) chast', vyp. II. III. Hormogoneae (Geitl.) Elenk. (okonchaniye). Izdate'stvo Akademii Nauk SSSR, Moscow, 1949.
  • 🧒 Elenkin (1949) assigned the genus Plectonema Thuret ex Gomont 1892 to this family. Publication: Elenkin AA. Sinezeleniye vodorosli SSSR. Monografiya presnovodnykh i nazemnykh S'yanofiseaye, obnaruzhennykh v predelakh SSSR. Spetsial'naya (sistematicheskaya) chast', vyp. II. III. Hormogoneae (Geitl.) Elenk. (okonchaniye). Izdate'stvo Akademii Nauk SSSR, Moscow, 1949.
  • 🛺 The type genus of this family has been placed in the family Microcoleaceae (Hansgirg 1892) Strunecký et al. 2013. Publication: 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. 🇨🇿
  • 🚃 The type genus of this family has alternatively been placed in the family Oscillatoriaceae Engler 1898. 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. 🇨🇿
  • 🚃 The type genus of this family has alternatively been placed in the family Oscillatoriaceae Engler 1898. 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 Scytonemataceae corrig. Frank 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 Oscillatoriaceae Engler 1898. Publication: Drouet F. Revision of the classification of the Oscillatoriaceae. Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Monograph 1968; 15:1-370.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Pleclonemataceae"; "Plecronemataceae"; "Wetonemataceae".
  • ❗ Plectonemataceae is the correct name instead if this family is regarded as a separate family (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another family whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority).
  • 🧍 According to Silva (1980) this taxon name is a synonym of 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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