Name: "Prochloraceae" (ex Lewin 1977) Florenzano et al. 1986

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov., nom. rev.

Etymology: N.L. neut. n. Prochloron, type genus of the family; L. fem. pl. n. suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Prochloraceae, the Prochloron family

Gender: feminine

Type genus: "Prochloron" (ex Lewin 1977) Florenzano et al. 1986

Original publication: Florenzano G, Balloni W, Materassi R. Nomenclature of Prochloron didemni (Lewin 1977) sp. nov., nom. rev., Prochloron (Lewin 1976) gen. nov., nom. rev., Prochloraceae fam. nov., Prochlorales ord. nov., nom. rev. in the class Photobacteria Gibbons and Murray 1978. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1986; 36:351-353.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Microcystaceae Elenkin 1933

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. — 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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Record number: 1106
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