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Name: Scytonematidae Walton 1931

Category, proposed as: family, fam. nov.

Gender: 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: inaccurate spelling and illegitimate (ICN [Botanical Code])

Taxonomic status: misspelling

Preferred name: Scytonemataceae corrig. Walton 1931

  • 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.
    • 🧍 Later isonym of Scytonemataceae Frank 1886 (when corrected). 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: 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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Record number: 64120