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Family Scytonematidae
Name: Scytonematidae Walton 1931
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])
Preferred name: Scytonemataceae corrig. Walton 1931
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Synonyms:
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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) Scytonemataceae corrig. Walton 1931 corrected spelling of name, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), illegitimate name Tildeniaceae Kossinskaja 1926 heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), illegitimate name Setchelliellaceae De Toni 1938 heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) 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
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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
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