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Family Sirosiphonaceae
Name: Sirosiphonaceae Frank 1886
Etymology: Si.ro.si.pho.na’ce.ae. N.L. fem. pl. n. Sirosiphonaceae, the Sirosiphon family
Pronunciation (Latin), gender: si-ro-si-pho-NA-ke-a͡e, feminine
Type genus: Sirosiphon Kützing ex Frank 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)
Correct name: Stigonemataceae corrig. (Agardh ex Bornet and Flahault 1886) Borzì 1892
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Synonyms:
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Name Kind Stigonemaceae (Agardh ex Bornet and Flahault 1886) Borzì 1892 heterotypic synonym, inaccurate spelling (ICN [Botanical Code]) Stigonemaceae West 1904 heterotypic synonym, inaccurate spelling and illegitimate (ICN [Botanical Code]) Pulvinulariaceae Geitler 1925 heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) Stigonemataceae corrig. (Agardh ex Bornet and Flahault 1886) Borzì 1892 heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), conserved name "Sirosiphoniaceae" Rabenhorst 1863 homotypic synonym, inaccurate spelling
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Notes:
- 🧒 Frank (1886) assigned the genus Sirosiphon Kützing ex Frank 1886 to this family. Publication: Frank AB. Dr. Johannes Leunis Synopsis der Pflanzenkunde. Aufl. 3. Band. 3 Specielle Botanik. Kryptogamen. Hahn'sche Buchhandlung, Hannover, 1886.
- 🛺 The type genus of this family has been placed in the family Stigonemataceae corrig. (Agardh ex Bornet and Flahault 1886) Borzì 1892. Publication: Komarek J, Golubic S. Guide to the Nomenclature and formal taxonomic treatment of oxyphototroph prokaryotes (Cyanoprokaryotes). Unknown Publisher, Unknown City, 1990.
- 🚃 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.
- 🚋 The type genus of this family has alternatively been placed in the family Stigonemataceae corrig. (Agardh ex Bornet and Flahault 1886) Borzì 1892. Publication: Komarek J, Golubic S. Guide to the Nomenclature and formal taxonomic treatment of oxyphototroph prokaryotes (Cyanoprokaryotes). Unknown Publisher, Unknown City, 1990.
- 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Birosiphonaceae".
- ❗ Sirosiphonaceae is the correct name instead if this family is regarded as a separate family (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another family whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority).
- 🧍 According to Silva (1980) this taxon name is a synonym of Stigonemataceae. 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.
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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Record number: 6152
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