Name: Scytonemataceae Frank 1886

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov.

Etymology: N.L. fem. pl. n. Scytonemataceae, the Scytonema family

Gender: feminine

Type genus: Scytonema Agardh ex Bornet and Flahault 1886

Valid publication: Frank AB. Dr Johannes Leunis Synopsis der Pflanzenkunde. 3. Aufl. 3. Band. Unknown Publisher, Hannover, 1886.

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Scytonemaceae Rabenhorst ex Bornet and Flahault 1886	homotypic synonym, inaccurate spelling (ICN [Botanical Code])
    Scytonemataceae corrig. Rabenhorst ex Bornet and Flahault 1886	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
    Setchelliellaceae De Toni 1938	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)

• Notes:
  • 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 in some sources as: "Scyfonemataceae"; "Scykmemataceae"; "Scylonemalaceae"; "Scylonemataceae"; "Scymnemataceae"; "Scytenenmtaceae"; "Scyteuemataceae"; "Scytofemataceae"; "Scytommataceae"; "Scytonemaftaceae"; "Scytonenzataceae"; "Scytonernataceae"; "Syfonemataceae".
  • 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.
  • The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: MCC: 3; SAG: 1; CCALA: 1; ULC: 1.
  • Silva (1980) notes that as circumscribed in the Index Nominum Genericorum, this family includes Hydrocoryne, the type of Hydrocorynaceae Elenkin 1949; Pseudoscytonema, the type of Pseudoscytonemataceae Elenkin 1949; Desmonema Berkeley et Thwaites ex Bornet et Flahault 1886, a later homonym and the intended type of Desmonemataceae Kondrat’eva 1968, an invalid name lacking a Latin diagnosis; and Camptylonemopsis; the intended type of Camptylonemopsidaceae Dutt, Datta et Gupta 1975, an invalid name lacking a Latin diagnosis. 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: 13
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 14
Total number of child taxa: 20

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Arthrosiphon" Kützing 1845	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    Brasilonema Fiore et al. 2007	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    "Chakia" Komárková et al. 2013	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    Coleodesmiopsis corrig. Dutt et al. 1982	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Coleodesmiumopsis Dutt et al. 1982	inaccurate spelling (ICN [Botanical Code])	misspelling
    Cyanophiothrix Molinari and Guiry 2021	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Dillwynella Bory 1824	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Diplocolon Nägeli ex Bornet and Flahault 1886	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    "Drilosiphon" Kützing 1843	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    Ewamiania McGregor and Sendall 2017	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Gloeochlamys Schmidle 1899	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Iningainema McGregor and Sendall 2017	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    "Inoconia" Libert 1827	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    Kyrtuthrix Ercegović 1929	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Ophiothrix Sant'Anna et al. 2010	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), illegitimate name	synonym
    Petalonema Berkeley ex Correns 1889	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Ramivaginalis Nyberg and Schopf 1984	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Scytonema Agardh ex Bornet and Flahault 1886	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Scytonematopsis Kiseleva 1930	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    "Symphyosiphon" Kützing 1843	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)

Parent taxon: Nostocales Borzì 1914

Assigned by: 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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