Name: Schizotrichaceae Elenkin 1949

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov.

Etymology: Schi.zo.tri.cha’ce.ae. N.L. fem. pl. n. Schizotrichaceae, the Schizothrix family

Pronunciation, gender: sk^hi-zo-tri-K^HA-ke-a͡e, 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. Sinezeleniye vodorosli SSSR. Monografiya presnovodnykh i nazemnykh S'yanofiseaye, obnaruzhennykh v predelakh SSSR. Spetsial'naya (sistematicheskaya) chast', vyp. II. III. Hormogoneae (Geitl.) Elenk. (okonchaniye). Izdate'stvo Akademii Nauk SSSR, Moscow, 1949.
  • 🧕 Hoffmann et al. (2005) assigned this family to the order "Pseudanabaenales" Hoffmann et al. 2005. 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 this family to the order Oscillatoriales Schaffner 1922. Publication: Komarek J, Golubic S. Guide to the Nomenclature and formal taxonomic treatment of oxyphototroph prokaryotes (Cyanoprokaryotes). Unknown Publisher, Unknown City, 1990.
  • 🧒 Elenkin (1949) assigned the genus Polychlamydum West and West 1897 to this family. Publication: Elenkin AA. Sinezeleniye vodorosli SSSR. Monografiya presnovodnykh i nazemnykh S'yanofiseaye, obnaruzhennykh v predelakh SSSR. Spetsial'naya (sistematicheskaya) chast', vyp. II. III. Hormogoneae (Geitl.) Elenk. (okonchaniye). Izdate'stvo Akademii Nauk SSSR, Moscow, 1949.
  • 🧒 Elenkin (1949) assigned the genus Microcoleus Desmazières ex Gomont 1892 to this family. Publication: Elenkin AA. Sinezeleniye vodorosli SSSR. Monografiya presnovodnykh i nazemnykh S'yanofiseaye, obnaruzhennykh v predelakh SSSR. Spetsial'naya (sistematicheskaya) chast', vyp. II. III. Hormogoneae (Geitl.) Elenk. (okonchaniye). Izdate'stvo Akademii Nauk SSSR, Moscow, 1949.
  • 🧒 Elenkin (1949) assigned the genus Porphyrosiphon Kützing ex Gomont 1892 to this family. Publication: Elenkin AA. Sinezeleniye vodorosli SSSR. Monografiya presnovodnykh i nazemnykh S'yanofiseaye, obnaruzhennykh v predelakh SSSR. Spetsial'naya (sistematicheskaya) chast', vyp. II. III. Hormogoneae (Geitl.) Elenk. (okonchaniye). Izdate'stvo Akademii Nauk SSSR, Moscow, 1949.
  • 🧒 Elenkin (1949) assigned the genus Dasygloea Thwaites ex Gomont 1892 to this family. Publication: Elenkin AA. Sinezeleniye vodorosli SSSR. Monografiya presnovodnykh i nazemnykh S'yanofiseaye, obnaruzhennykh v predelakh SSSR. Spetsial'naya (sistematicheskaya) chast', vyp. II. III. Hormogoneae (Geitl.) Elenk. (okonchaniye). Izdate'stvo Akademii Nauk SSSR, Moscow, 1949.
  • 🧒 Elenkin (1949) assigned the genus "Hydrocoleus" to this family. Publication: Elenkin AA. Sinezeleniye vodorosli SSSR. Monografiya presnovodnykh i nazemnykh S'yanofiseaye, obnaruzhennykh v predelakh SSSR. Spetsial'naya (sistematicheskaya) chast', vyp. II. III. Hormogoneae (Geitl.) Elenk. (okonchaniye). Izdate'stvo Akademii Nauk SSSR, Moscow, 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. 🇱🇺
  • 🧒 Komarek et al. (2014) assigned the genus Dasygloea Thwaites ex Gomont 1892 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. 🇨🇿
  • 🚃 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 (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Schigothrichaceae"; "Schizathrichaceae"; "Schizathrirhaceae"; "Schiznhrichaceae"; "Schizoihrichaceae"; "Schizolhrichaceae"; "Schizotbrichaceae"; "Schizothricaceae"; "Schizothricllaceae"; "Schizothriclzaceae"; "Schizotlzrichaceae"; "Schiztohrichaceae"; "Schizuthrichaceae".
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: TNS: 2; CCALA: 1; BRY: 1; CBFS: 1; BRNM: 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: 3
Total number of child taxa: 10

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Dictyothrix" Kützing 1843	not validly published	preferred name
    "Heterochroa" Areschoug 1867	not validly published	preferred name
    "Hypheothrix" Kützing 1843	not validly published	synonym
    Hypheothrix Kützing ex Kirchner 1898	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Inactis Kützing ex Kirchner 1898	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    "Inactis" Kützing 1843	not validly published	synonym
    "Inomeria" Kützing 1845	not validly published	preferred name
    "Pegomalion" Brügger 1863	not validly published	preferred name
    "Schizodictyon" Kützing 1843	not validly published	preferred 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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