Name: Scytonemataceae corrig. Walton 1931

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov.

Etymology: Scy.to.ne.ma.ta’ce.ae. N.L. fem. pl. n. Scytonemataceae, the Scytonema family

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: sky-to-ne-ma-TA-ke-a͡e, feminine

Type genus: Scytonema Agardh ex Bornet and Flahault 1886

Valid publication: Walton LB. Studies concerning organisms occurring in water supplies with particular reference to those found in Ohio. Part I. Ohio Biol. Surv. 1931; 5:1-86.

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

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Scytonemataceae corrig. Frank 1886

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Scytonemaceae" Borzì 1892	homotypic synonym, inaccurate spelling
    Scytonemaceae Frank 1886	homotypic synonym, inaccurate spelling (ICN [Botanical Code])
    Scytonemataceae corrig. Frank 1886	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
    Setchelliellaceae De Toni 1938	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
    Scytonematidae Walton 1931	other spelling of name, inaccurate spelling and illegitimate (ICN [Botanical Code])
    Tildeniaceae Kossinskaja 1926	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), illegitimate name
    Mastigocladopsidaceae Iyengar and Desikachary 1946	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
    Parenchymorphaceae corrig. Tseng and Hua 1984	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
    "Symphyonemataceae" Hoffmann et al. 2005	heterotypic synonym, not validly published
    Parenchymorphataceae Tseng and Hua 1984	heterotypic synonym, inaccurate spelling (ICN [Botanical Code])
    "Brachytrichiaceae" Wartenberg 1972	heterotypic synonym, not validly published

• Notes:
  • 🛺 The type genus of this family has been placed in the family Scytonemataceae corrig. Frank 1886. 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. 🇨🇿
  • 🚃 The type genus of this family has alternatively been placed in the family Nostocaceae Eichler 1886. Publication: Eichler AW. Syllabus der Vorlesungen über specielle und medicinisch-pharmaceutische Botanik, 4. Aufl. Gebrüder Borntraeger, Berlin, 1886.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Sceytonemataceae"; "Scitonemataceae"; "Scyfonemataceae"; "Scykmemataceae"; "Scylonemalaceae"; "Scylonemataceae"; "Scymnemataceae"; "Scytenenmtaceae"; "Scyteuemataceae"; "Scytofemataceae"; "Scytommataceae"; "Scytonecmataceae"; "Scytoneinaceae"; "Scytonemaftaceae"; "Scytonenzataceae"; "Scytonernataceae"; "Scytoriemataceae"; "Sevtonemataceae"; "Seyfonemataceae"; "Syfonemataceae"; "Sytonemataceae".
  • 💁 Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of McGregor and Sendall (2017). Editors in search of reviewers are advised to consider additional criteria such as whether a taxon is covered by one of the ICSP subcommittees.
  • 🧍 Later isonym of Scytonemataceae Frank 1886. Publication: Frank AB. Dr. Johannes Leunis Synopsis der Pflanzenkunde. Aufl. 3. Band. 3 Specielle Botanik. Kryptogamen. Hahn'sche Buchhandlung, Hannover, 1886.

Parent taxon: Nostocales corrig. Borzì 1914

Assigned by: LPSN automated production system. The following publication is only one of the sources consulted. It may or may not mention this taxon name. — 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. 🇨🇿

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