Name: Pseudoscytonemataceae Elenkin 1949

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov.

Etymology: N.L. fem. pl. n. Pseudoscytonemataceae, the Pseudoscytonema family

Gender: feminine

Type genus: Pseudoscytonema Elenkin 1949

Valid publication: Elenkin AA. Sinezelenye vodorosli SSSR. Spetsial’naya (sistematicheskaya) chast’. Vyp. 2. Izdatel'stvo Akademii Nauk USSR, Moskva & Leningrad, 1949.

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

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Microcoleaceae Komárek et al. 2014

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Microcoleaceae Strunecký et al. 2013	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
    Microcoleaceae Komárek et al. 2014	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)

• Notes:
  • Elenkin (1949) assigned this family to the order Oscillatoriales Schaffner 1922. Publication: Elenkin AA. Monographia algarum Cyanophycearum aquidulcium et terrestrium in finibus URSS inventarum, Pars specialis (Systematica), Fasc. II. III. Hormogoneae (Geitl.) Elenk. Sumptibus Academiae Scientarum URSS, Mosqua & Leningrad, 1949.
  • The type genus of this family has been placed in the family Microcoleaceae Komárek et al. 2014. 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 "Ammatoideaceae". Publication: Hoffmann L, Komárek J, Kaštovský J. System of cyanoprokaryotes (cyanobacteria) – state in 2004. Algol. Stud. 2005; 117:95-115.
  • This taxon name is occasionally misprinted in some sources as: "Psedascytonemataceae"; "Pseudoscylanemataceae".
  • Pseudoscytonemataceae is the correct name 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).
  • According to Silva (1980) this taxon name is a synonym of Scytonemataceae. 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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