Name: Schizotrichaceae Elenkin 1949

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov.

Etymology: N.L. fem. pl. n. Schizotrichaceae, the Schizothrix family

Gender: feminine

Type genus: Schizothrix Kützing ex Gomont 1892

Valid 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.

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

• 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.
  • Hoffmann et al. (2005) assigned this family to the order "Pseudanabaenales". Publication: Hoffmann L, Komárek J, Kaštovský J. System of cyanoprokaryotes (cyanobacteria) – state in 2004. Algol. Stud. 2005; 117:95-115.
  • Elenkin (1949) assigned the genus Polychlamydum West and West 1897 to this family. 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.
  • Elenkin (1949) assigned the genus Microcoleus Desmazières ex Gomont 1892 to this family. 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.
  • Elenkin (1949) assigned the genus Porphyrosiphon Kützing ex Gomont 1892 to this family. 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.
  • Elenkin (1949) assigned the genus "Hydrocoleus" to this family. 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.
  • Hoffmann et al. (2005) assigned the genus Trichocoleus Anagnostidis 2001 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 Inactis Kützing ex Kirchner 1898 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 Hypheothrix Kützing ex Kirchner 1898 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.
  • The type genus of this family has alternatively been placed in the family Oscillatoriaceae Engler 1898. Publication: Geitler L. Synoptische Darstellung der Cyanophyceen in morphologischer und systematischer Hinsicht. Beihefte zum Botanischen Centralblatt 1925; 41:163-294.
  • The type genus of this family has alternatively been placed in the family "Trichocoleusaceae". Publication: 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.
  • This taxon name is occasionally misprinted in some sources as: "Schigothrichaceae"; "Schizathrichaceae"; "Schizathrirhaceae"; "Schiznhrichaceae"; "Schizoihrichaceae"; "Schizolhrichaceae"; "Schizothricaceae"; "Schizothricllaceae"; "Schizothriclzaceae"; "Schizotlzrichaceae"; "Schiztohrichaceae"; "Schizuthrichaceae".
  • The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: CCALA: 1.
  • According to Silva (1980) this taxon name is a synonym of Oscillatoriaceae. 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.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 2
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 2
Total number of child taxa: 6

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Dasygloea Thwaites ex Gomont 1892	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    "Dictyothrix" Kützing 1843	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    "Inomeria" Kützing 1845	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    "Pegomalion" Brügger 1863	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    "Schizodictyon" Kützing 1843	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    Schizothrix Kützing ex Gomont 1892	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	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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