Name: Podocapsaceae Ercegović 1932

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov.

Etymology: Po.do.cap.sa’ce.ae. N.L. fem. pl. n. Podocapsaceae, the Podocapsa family

Pronunciation, gender: po-do-kap-SA-ke-a͡e, feminine

Type genus: Podocapsa Ercegović 1931

Valid publication: Ercegovic A. Ekoloske I socioloske studije o litofitskim cijanoficejama sa jugoslavenske obale Jadrana. Rad Jugoslav. Akad. Znan. 1932; 244:129-220.

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

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Hydrococcaceae Kützing 1843

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Endonemataceae Pascher ex Elenkin 1935	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), illegitimate name
    Scopulonemataceae Ercegović 1932	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
    Dermocarpellaceae Ginsburg-Ardré ex Christensen 1978	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
    Endonemataceae Pascher ex Schmidt 1937	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), illegitimate name
    Pleurocapsaceae Geitler 1925	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), illegitimate name
    Hydrococcaceae Kützing 1843	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
    Xenococcaceae Ercegović 1932	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
    "Endonemataceen" Pascher 1929	heterotypic synonym, inaccurate spelling
    Hyellaceae Borzì 1914	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
    Chroococcidiaceae Geitler 1933	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
    "Exococcaceae" Stizenberger 1860	heterotypic synonym, not validly published

• Notes:
  • 🧒 Ercegovic (1932) assigned the genus Podocapsa Ercegović 1931 to this family. Publication: Ercegovic A. Études écologiques et sociologiques des Cyanophycées lithophytes de la côte Yougoslave de l'Adriatique. Bull. Internat. Acad. Yougoslave Sci. Arts, Class mat. - nat. 1932; 26:33-56.
  • 🛺 The type genus of this family has 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 Hyellaceae Borzì 1914. 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 Hyellaceae Borzì 1914. Publication: Molinari EA, Guiry MD. [Title pending]. Notulae algarum 2021; 183:2.
  • 🚃 The type genus of this family has alternatively been placed in the family Pleurocapsaceae Geitler 1925. 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.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Pedocapsaceae".
  • 🧍 Illegitimate according to Silva (1980) because based on Podocapsa Ercegović 1931, which is a later homonym. The same author regards this name as 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.

Parent taxon: Chroococcales corrig. Ardissone 1886

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

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