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
    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)
    Pascherinemataceae Geitler 1942	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
    Hyellaceae Borzi 1914	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)

• Notes:
  • Strunecky et al. (2023) assigned this family to the order Chroococcales Schaffner 1922. Publication: Strunecky O, Ivanova AP, Mares J. An updated classification of cyanobacterial orders and families based on phylogenomic and polyphasic analysis. J Phycol 2022; 0:0.
  • 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.
  • Geitler (1925) assigned the genus "Scopulonema" to this family. Publication: Geitler L. Synoptische Darstellung der Cyanophyceen in morphologischer und systematischer Hinsicht. Beihefte zum Botanischen Centralblatt 1925; 41:163-294.
  • Strunecky et al. (2023) assigned the genus Foliisarcina Alvarenga et al. 2016 to this family. Publication: Strunecky O, Ivanova AP, Mares J. An updated classification of cyanobacterial orders and families based on phylogenomic and polyphasic analysis. J Phycol 2022; 0:0.
  • Strunecky et al. (2023) assigned the genus Dalmatella Ercegović 1929 to this family. Publication: Strunecky O, Ivanova AP, Mares J. An updated classification of cyanobacterial orders and families based on phylogenomic and polyphasic analysis. J Phycol 2022; 0:0.
  • Strunecky et al. (2023) assigned the genus Hormathonema Ercegović 1929 to this family. Publication: Strunecky O, Ivanova AP, Mares J. An updated classification of cyanobacterial orders and families based on phylogenomic and polyphasic analysis. J Phycol 2022; 0:0.
  • Strunecky et al. (2023) assigned the genus Tryponema Ercegović 1929 to this family. Publication: Strunecky O, Ivanova AP, Mares J. An updated classification of cyanobacterial orders and families based on phylogenomic and polyphasic analysis. J Phycol 2022; 0:0.
  • Strunecky et al. (2023) assigned the genus Onkonema Geitler 1933 to this family. Publication: Strunecky O, Ivanova AP, Mares J. An updated classification of cyanobacterial orders and families based on phylogenomic and polyphasic analysis. J Phycol 2022; 0:0.
  • Strunecky et al. (2023) assigned the genus Chondrocystis Lemmermann 1899 to this family. Publication: Strunecky O, Ivanova AP, Mares J. An updated classification of cyanobacterial orders and families based on phylogenomic and polyphasic analysis. J Phycol 2022; 0:0.
  • Strunecky et al. (2023) assigned the genus Cyanocystis Borzì 1882 to this family. Publication: Strunecky O, Ivanova AP, Mares J. An updated classification of cyanobacterial orders and families based on phylogenomic and polyphasic analysis. J Phycol 2022; 0:0.
  • Strunecky et al. (2023) assigned the genus Epilithia Ercegović 1932 to this family. Publication: Strunecky O, Ivanova AP, Mares J. An updated classification of cyanobacterial orders and families based on phylogenomic and polyphasic analysis. J Phycol 2022; 0:0.
  • Strunecky et al. (2023) assigned the genus Xenotholos Gold-Morgan et al. 1994 to this family. Publication: Strunecky O, Ivanova AP, Mares J. An updated classification of cyanobacterial orders and families based on phylogenomic and polyphasic analysis. J Phycol 2022; 0:0.
  • Strunecky et al. (2023) assigned the genus Hydrococcus Kützing 1833 to this family. Publication: Strunecky O, Ivanova AP, Mares J. An updated classification of cyanobacterial orders and families based on phylogenomic and polyphasic analysis. J Phycol 2022; 0:0.
  • Strunecky et al. (2023) assigned the genus Dermocarpella Lemmermann 1907 to this family. Publication: Strunecky O, Ivanova AP, Mares J. An updated classification of cyanobacterial orders and families based on phylogenomic and polyphasic analysis. J Phycol 2022; 0:0.
  • Strunecky et al. (2023) assigned the genus Sinaiella Gruia 1965 to this family. Publication: Strunecky O, Ivanova AP, Mares J. An updated classification of cyanobacterial orders and families based on phylogenomic and polyphasic analysis. J Phycol 2022; 0:0.
  • Strunecky et al. (2023) assigned the genus Stanieria Komárek and Anagnostidis 1986 to this family. Publication: Strunecky O, Ivanova AP, Mares J. An updated classification of cyanobacterial orders and families based on phylogenomic and polyphasic analysis. J Phycol 2022; 0:0.
  • Strunecky et al. (2023) assigned the genus "Nisada" to this family. Publication: Strunecky O, Ivanova AP, Mares J. An updated classification of cyanobacterial orders and families based on phylogenomic and polyphasic analysis. J Phycol 2022; 0:0.
  • 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.
  • The type genus of this family has alternatively been placed in the family Hydrococcaceae Kützing 1843. 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: "Fleurocapsaceae"; "Plenrccapsaceae"; "Pleumcapsaceae"; "Pleumwpsaceae"; "Plewocapsaceae".
  • The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: CCALA: 1.
  • 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: 17
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 17
Total number of child taxa: 17

• 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
    Eohyella Zhang and Golubic 1987	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Hyella Bornet and Flahault 1888	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
    Odorella Shalygin et al. 2019	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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