Name: Proauloporaceae Korde 1973

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov.

Etymology: Pro.au.lo.po.ra’ce.ae. N.L. fem. pl. n. Proauloporaceae, the Proaulopora family

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: pro-a͡u-lo-po-RA-ke-a͡e, feminine

Type genus: Proaulopora Vologdin 1938

Valid publication: Korde KB. Vodorosli Kembriya [Cambrian Algae]. Trudy Paleontologicheskogo instituta Akademii Nauk SSSR 1973; 139:1-349.

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

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Oscillatoriaceae Engler 1898

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Oscillariaceae Engler 1892	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), illegitimate name
    Phormidiaceae Anagnostidis and Komárek 1988	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
    Oscillatoriaceae Engler 1898	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), conserved name
    Laspinemataceae corrig. Zimba et al. 2021	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
    Laspinemaceae Zimba et al. 2021	heterotypic synonym, inaccurate spelling (ICN [Botanical Code])

• Notes:
  • 🧒 Korde (1973) assigned the genus Vologdinella Korde 1957 to this family. Publication: Korde KB. Vodorosli kembrija [Cambrian Algae]. Trudy Paleontologicheskogo instituta Akademii Nauk SSSR 1973; 139:1-349.
  • 🧒 Korde (1973) assigned the genus Proaulopora Vologdin 1938 to this family. Publication: Korde KB. Vodorosli kembrija [Cambrian Algae]. Trudy Paleontologicheskogo instituta Akademii Nauk SSSR 1973; 139:1-349.
  • 🛺 The type genus of this family has been placed in the family Oscillatoriaceae Engler 1898. Publication: Liu L, Wu Y, Bao H, Jiang H, Zheng L, Chen Y. Diversity and systematics of Middle-Late Ordovician calcified cyanobacteria and associated microfossils from Ordos Basin, North China. Journal of Paleontology 2021; 95:1-23. 🇺🇸
  • 🚋 The type genus of this family has alternatively been placed in the family Girvanellaceae Luchinina 1975. Publication: Vachard D. Cyanobacteria. In: Alderton D, Elias SA (eds), Encyclopedia of Geology, Academic Press, Unknown City, 2021, p. 446-460. 🇫🇷
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Proallloporaceae"; "Proasloporaceae"; "Proauloperaceae"; "Prosuloporaceae".
  • ❗ Proauloporaceae 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).

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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