Name: Podocapsaceae Ercegovic 1932

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov.

Etymology: N.L. fem. pl. n. Podocapsaceae, the Podocapsa family

Gender: 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: Hyellaceae Borzi 1914

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Dermocarpellaceae Ginsburg-Ardré ex Christensen 1978	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
    Hyellaceae Borzi 1914	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
    Chroococcidiaceae Geitler 1933	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
    Pleurocapsaceae Geitler 1925	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), illegitimate name
    Xenococcaceae Ercegović 1932	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)

• Notes:
  • 🧒 Ercegovic (1932) assigned the genus Podocapsa Ercegović 1931 to this family. Publication: Ercegovic A. Ekoloske i socioloske studije o litofitskim cijanoficejama sa jugoslovenske obale Jadrana. Rad Jugoslovenske Akademije Znanosti i Umjetnosti Zagreb 1932; 244:129-220.
  • 🛺 The type genus of this family has been placed in the family Hyellaceae Borzi 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 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 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.

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Record number: 6151