Name: Rivulariaceae Rabenhorst ex Bornet and Flahault 1886

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov.

Gender: feminine

Type genus: Rivularia (Roth 1797) Agardh ex Bornet and Flahault 1886

Valid publication: Bornet É, Flahault C. Revision des Nostocacées hétérocystées contenues dans les principaux herbiers de France. Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Botanique, Septième série 1886; 3:323-381.

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Leptobasaceae Elenkin 1917	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), illegitimate name
    Rivulariaceae Frank 1886	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), illegitimate name
    Hammatoideaceae Elenkin 1949	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), illegitimate name
    Microchaetaceae Lemmermann 1907	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)

• Notes:
  • Bornet and Flahault (1886) assigned the genus Amphithrix Kützing ex Bornet and Flahault 1886 to this family. Publication: Bornet É, Flahault C. Revision des Nostocacées hétérocystées contenues dans les principaux herbiers de France. Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Botanique, Septième série 1886; 3:323-381.
  • Geitler (1925) assigned the genus Tapinothrix Sauvageau 1892 to this family. Publication: Geitler L. Synoptische Darstellung der Cyanophyceen in morphologischer und systematischer Hinsicht. Beihefte zum Botanischen Centralblatt 1925; 41:163-294.
  • Geitler (1925) assigned the genus Homoeothrix (Thuret ex Bornet and Flahault 1887) Kirchner 1898 to this family. Publication: Geitler L. Synoptische Darstellung der Cyanophyceen in morphologischer und systematischer Hinsicht. Beihefte zum Botanischen Centralblatt 1925; 41:163-294.
  • Geitler (1925) assigned the genus Leptochaete Borzì ex Bornet and Flahault 1886 to this family. Publication: Geitler L. Synoptische Darstellung der Cyanophyceen in morphologischer und systematischer Hinsicht. Beihefte zum Botanischen Centralblatt 1925; 41:163-294.
  • Hoffmann et al. (2005) assigned the genus Gloeotrichia Agardh ex Bornet and Flahault 1886 to this family. Publication: Hoffmann L, Komárek J, Kaštovský J. System of cyanoprokaryotes (cyanobacteria) – state in 2004. Algol. Stud. 2005; 117:95-115.
  • Hoffmann et al. (2005) assigned the genus Calothrix Agardh ex Bornet and Flahault 1886 to this family. Publication: Hoffmann L, Komárek J, Kaštovský J. System of cyanoprokaryotes (cyanobacteria) – state in 2004. Algol. Stud. 2005; 117:95-115.
  • Komarek and Golubic (1990) assigned the genus Leibleinia (Gomont 1890) Hoffmann 1985 to this family. Publication: Komarek J, Golubic S. Guide to the Nomenclature and formal taxonomic treatment of oxyphototroph prokaryotes (Cyanoprokaryotes). Unknown Publisher, Unknown City, 1990.
  • This taxon name is occasionally misprinted in some sources as: "Bivulariaceae"; "Eivulariaceae"; "Ilivulariaceae"; "Pivulariaceae"; "Riculariaceae"; "Rimtlariaceae"; "Ripulariaceae"; "Riualariaceae"; "Riuulariaceae"; "Riuzzlariaceae"; "Rivnlariaceae"; "Rivulnriaceae"; "Rivutariaceae"; "Riwlariaceae"; "Rtuulariaceae".

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 28
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 29
Total number of child taxa: 33

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Ainactis Kützing 1843	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Arthrosiphon Kützing 1845	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Camptylonema Schmidle 1900	orthographic variant (ICN [Botanical Code])	synonym
    Campylonema corrig. Schmidle 1900	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), illegitimate name	in need of a replacement
    Chalaractis Kützing 1843	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Croatella Ercegović 1925	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Cyanomargarita Shalygin et al. 2017	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Dasyactis Kützing 1843	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Desmarestella Bory 1824	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Dichothrix Zanardini ex Bornet and Flahault 1886	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Diplotrichia Agardh 1842	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    "Euactis" Kützing 1843	not validly published
    Geocyclus Kützing 1843	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Heteractis Kützing 1843	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Isactis Thuret ex Bornet and Flahault 1886	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Leptobasis Elenkin 1915	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Limnactis Kützing 1843	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    "Linckiella" Gaillon 1833	not validly published
    Lophopodium Kützing 1849	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Macrochaete Berrendero Gómez et al. 2016	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Mastichonema Kützing 1843	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Mastigonema Schwabe 1837	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Microchaete Thuret ex Bornet and Flahault 1886	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), conserved name	correct name
    Nunduva González-Resendiz et al. 2018	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Phyllonema Alvarenga et al. 2016	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    "Physactis" Kützing 1843	not validly published
    Polythrix Zanardini ex Bornet and Flahault 1886	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Portacus Rafinesque ex Kuntze 1891	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Rivularia (Roth 1797) Agardh ex Bornet and Flahault 1886	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Rivulariopsis (Kirchner 1898) Voronichin 1923	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Sacconema Borzì ex Bornet and Flahault 1886	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Schizosiphon Kützing 1843	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Zonotrichia Agardh 1842	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name

Parent taxon: Nostocales Borzì 1914

Assigned by: Hoffmann L, Komárek J, Kaštovský J. System of cyanoprokaryotes (cyanobacteria) – state in 2004. Algol. Stud. 2005; 117:95-115.

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Record number: 9246