Name: Pleurocapsaceae Geitler 1925

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov.

Etymology: N.L. fem. pl. n. Pleurocapsaceae, the Pleurocapsa family

Gender: feminine

Type genus: Pleurocapsa Thuret 1885

Valid publication: Geitler L. Synoptische Darstellung der Cyanophyceen in morphologischer und systematischer Hinsicht. Beihefte zum Botanischen Centralblatt 1925; 41:163-294.

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Hyellaceae Borzi 1914	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
    Pascherinemataceae Geitler 1942	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
    Podocapsaceae Ercegovic 1932	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), illegitimate name
    Chroococcidiaceae Geitler 1933	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)

• Notes:
  • Geitler (1925) assigned the genus Xenococcus Thuret 1880 to this family. Publication: Geitler L. Synoptische Darstellung der Cyanophyceen in morphologischer und systematischer Hinsicht. Beihefte zum Botanischen Centralblatt 1925; 41:163-294.
  • Geitler (1925) assigned the genus Myxohyella Geitler 1925 to this family. Publication: Geitler L. Synoptische Darstellung der Cyanophyceen in morphologischer und systematischer Hinsicht. Beihefte zum Botanischen Centralblatt 1925; 41:163-294.
  • Geitler (1925) assigned the genus "Oncobyrsa" Agardh 1827 to this family. Publication: Geitler L. Synoptische Darstellung der Cyanophyceen in morphologischer und systematischer Hinsicht. Beihefte zum Botanischen Centralblatt 1925; 41:163-294.
  • Geitler (1925) assigned the genus Radaisiella Geitler 1925 to this family. 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 Hydrococcaceae Kützing 1843. Publication: Hoffmann L, Komárek J, Kaštovský J. System of cyanoprokaryotes (cyanobacteria) – state in 2004. Algol. Stud. 2005; 117:95-115.
  • This taxon name is occasionally misprinted in some sources as: "Fleurocapsaceae"; "Plenrccapsaceae"; "Pleumcapsaceae"; "Pleumwpsaceae"; "Plewocapsaceae".
  • According to Silva (1980) this taxon name is a synonym of Hydrococcaceae. 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: 14
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 14
Total number of child taxa: 14

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Chamaecalyx Komárek and Anagnostidis 1986	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Chroococcidium Geitler 1933	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Chroococcopsis Geitler 1925	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Cyanoderma Weber-van Bosse 1887	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Cyanosaccus Lukas and Golubić 1981	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Ialomitzia Gruia 1969	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Myxosarcina Printz 1921	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Nematoradaisia Geitler 1925	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Palaeopleurocapsa Knoll et al. 1975	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Pleurocapsa Thuret 1885	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Podocapsa Ercegović 1931	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Radaisia Sauvageau 1895	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Scissilisphaera Knoll and Calder 1983	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Solentia Ercegović 1927	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name

Parent taxon: Pleurocapsales Geitler 1925

Assigned by: Komárek J, Kaštovský J, Mareš J, Johansen JR. Taxonomic classification of cyanoprokaryotes (cyanobacterial genera) 2014, using a polyphasic approach. Preslia 2014; 86:295-335.

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