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

Valid 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: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • Florenzano et al. (1986) assigned this family to the order Prochlorales (ex Lewin 1977) Florenzano et al. 1986. 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.
  • Hoffmann et al. (2005) assigned this family to the order Chroococcales Schaffner 1922. Publication: Hoffmann L, Komárek J, Kaštovský J. System of cyanoprokaryotes (cyanobacteria) – state in 2004. Algol. Stud. 2005; 117:95-115.
  • Komarek et al. (2014) assigned the genus Prochlorococcus Chisholm et al. 1992 to this family. 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.
  • This taxon name is occasionally misprinted in some sources as: "Prochloroceae"; "Pvochloraceae".
  • According to Rule 56a, only the Judicial Comission can place a name on the list of rejected names. Therefore, this proposal is provisional and needs to be awarded by the Judicial Comission. — Cyanobacteria validly published under the bacteriological code. Publication: Parker CT, Tindall BJ, Garrity GM. International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:S1-S111.
  • In the paper by Florenzano et al. 1986, the family name Prochloraceae is proposed as a new family. Publication: Euzeby JP. List of Bacterial Names with Standing in Nomenclature: a folder available on the Internet. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:590-592.
  • Proposed rejection of the name: IJSB 47:1264-1267. Publication: Pinevich AV, Averina SG, Velichko NV. Another view on the role of photosynthetic pigments in taxonomy of oxygenic-phototrophic bacteria: proposed rejection of the order Prochlorales Florenzano, Balloni, and Materassi 1986 (emend. Burger-Wiersma, Stal, and Mur 1989), the family Prochloraceae Florenzano, Balloni, and Materassi 1986, and the family Prochlorotrichaceae Burger-Wiersma, Stal, and Mur 1989. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1997; 47:1264-1267.
  • Previously, the family name Prochloraceae was validly published under the Botanical Code by Lewin 1977. Publication: Staley JT, Bryant MP, Pfennig N, Holt JG. Editorial note. In: Staley JT, Bryant MP, Pfennig N, Holt JG (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, first edition, vol. 3, The Williams & Wilkins Co., Baltimore, 1989, p. 1799.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 1
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 1
Total number of child taxa: 1

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Prochloron (ex Lewin 1977) Florenzano et al. 1986	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: "Synechococcales" Hoffmann et al. 2005

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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