Family Stigonemataceae

Name: Stigonemataceae corrig. (Agardh ex Bornet and Flahault 1886) Borzì 1892

Category, proposed as: family, fam. nov.

Etymology: Sti.go.ne.ma.ta’ce.ae. N.L. fem. pl. n. Stigonemataceae, the Stigonema family

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: sti-go-ne-ma-TA-ke-a͡e, feminine

Type genus: Stigonema Agardh ex Bornet and Flahault 1886

Valid publication: Borzì A. Alghe d'acqua dolce della Papuasia raccolte su cranii umani dissepolti. Nuova Notarisia 1892; 3:35-53.

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Stigonemaceae (Agardh ex Bornet and Flahault 1886) Borzì 1892	other spelling of name, inaccurate spelling (ICN [Botanical Code])
    "Sirosiphoniaceae" Rabenhorst 1863	heterotypic synonym, inaccurate spelling
    Sirosiphonaceae Frank 1886	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
    Stigonemaceae West 1904	homotypic synonym, inaccurate spelling and illegitimate (ICN [Botanical Code])
    Pulvinulariaceae Geitler 1925	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Geitler (1925) assigned this family to the order "Stigonematales". Publication: Geitler L. Synoptische Darstellung der Cyanophyceen in morphologischer und systematischer Hinsicht. Beihefte zum Botanischen Centralblatt 1925; 41:163-294.
  • 🧕 Komarek and Golubic (1990) assigned this family to the order Stigonematales corrig. Walton 1931. Publication: Komárek J, Golubić S. Guide to the Nomenclature and formal taxonomic treatment of oxyphototroph prokaryotes (Cyanoprokaryotes). Published by the Authors, Třeboň and Boston, 1990.
  • 🧒 Borzi (1907) assigned the tribe "Nostocopseae" to this family. Publication: Borzí A. Conspectus generum Stigonematacearum. Nuovo Notarisia 1907; 18:37-38.
  • 🧒 Geitler (1925) assigned the genus Hapalosiphon Nägeli ex Bornet and Flahault 1886 to this family. Publication: Geitler L. Synoptische Darstellung der Cyanophyceen in morphologischer und systematischer Hinsicht. Beihefte zum Botanischen Centralblatt 1925; 41:163-294.
  • 🧒 Geitler (1925) assigned the genus Fischerella (Bornet and Flahault 1886) Gomont 1895 to this family. Publication: Geitler L. Synoptische Darstellung der Cyanophyceen in morphologischer und systematischer Hinsicht. Beihefte zum Botanischen Centralblatt 1925; 41:163-294.
  • 🧒 Geitler (1925) assigned the genus Leptopogon Borzì 1907 to this family. Publication: Geitler L. Synoptische Darstellung der Cyanophyceen in morphologischer und systematischer Hinsicht. Beihefte zum Botanischen Centralblatt 1925; 41:163-294.
  • 🧒 Geitler (1925) assigned the genus Thalpophila Borzì 1907 to this family. Publication: Geitler L. Synoptische Darstellung der Cyanophyceen in morphologischer und systematischer Hinsicht. Beihefte zum Botanischen Centralblatt 1925; 41:163-294.
  • 🧒 Geitler (1925) assigned the genus Matteia Borzì 1907 to this family. Publication: Geitler L. Synoptische Darstellung der Cyanophyceen in morphologischer und systematischer Hinsicht. Beihefte zum Botanischen Centralblatt 1925; 41:163-294.
  • 🧒 Geitler (1925) assigned the genus Sommierella Borzì 1907 to this family. Publication: Geitler L. Synoptische Darstellung der Cyanophyceen in morphologischer und systematischer Hinsicht. Beihefte zum Botanischen Centralblatt 1925; 41:163-294.
  • 🧒 Geitler (1925) assigned the genus "Hestiella" to this family. Publication: Geitler L. Synoptische Darstellung der Cyanophyceen in morphologischer und systematischer Hinsicht. Beihefte zum Botanischen Centralblatt 1925; 41:163-294.
  • 🧒 Hoffmann et al. (2005) assigned the genus Stauromatonema Frémy 1930 to this family. Publication: Hoffmann L, Komárek J, Kastovsky J. System of cyanoprokaryotes (cyanobacteria) - state in 2004. Algological Studies 2005; 117:95-115. 🇱🇺
  • 🧒 Hoffmann et al. (2005) assigned the genus Nematoplaca Geitler 1933 to this family. Publication: Hoffmann L, Komárek J, Kastovsky J. System of cyanoprokaryotes (cyanobacteria) - state in 2004. Algological Studies 2005; 117:95-115. 🇱🇺
  • 🧒 Hoffmann et al. (2005) assigned the genus Capsosira Kützing ex Bornet and Flahault 1886 to this family. Publication: Hoffmann L, Komárek J, Kastovsky J. System of cyanoprokaryotes (cyanobacteria) - state in 2004. Algological Studies 2005; 117:95-115. 🇱🇺
  • 🧒 Hoffmann et al. (2005) assigned the genus Desmosiphon Borzì 1907 to this family. Publication: Hoffmann L, Komárek J, Kastovsky J. System of cyanoprokaryotes (cyanobacteria) - state in 2004. Algological Studies 2005; 117:95-115. 🇱🇺
  • 🧒 Suba-Raju (1962) assigned the genus Parthasarathiella Suba Raju 1962 to this family. Publication: Suba Raju N. Parthasarathiella prolifica gen. et. sp. nov. a new nember of the Stigonemataceae. Transactions of the American Microscopical Society 1962; 81:90-93.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Sfigonemataceae"; "Sftigonemataceae"; "Siigonemataceae"; "Sligonemataceae"; "Srigonemataceae"; "Stigbnemataceae"; "Stigememataceae"; "Stigenemataceae"; "Stigenenmtaceae"; "Stigmremrnaceae"; "Stigmwmataceae"; "Stigomemataceae"; "Stigommlataceae"; "Stigonemaltaceae"; "Stigonenataceae"; "Stigoneniataceae"; "Stigonenmtaceae"; "Stigonentataceae"; "Stigonerataceae"; "Stigongmitaceae"; "Stigonomataceae"; "Stigoriemataceae"; "Stiponemataceae"; "Stirjonemalaceae"; "Stlgonemataceae"; "Stygonemataceae".
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: SP: 5.
  • 🧍 According to Silva (1980) based on Hormogoneae subfam. Heterocysteae tribus Sirosiphoniaceae subtribus Stigonemeae Bornet et Flahault (1886b, p. 53). The same author notes that as circumscribed in the Index Nominum Genericorum, the Stigonemataceae include Lunoevia, the type of Lunoeviaceae Sukatscheff 1908, and Hapalosiphon, which is a senior taxonomic synonym of Lunoevia and the type of Hapalosiphonaceae Elenkin 1916. Silva (1980) also comments: "Sirosiphonaceae Frank 1886, based on Sirosiphon Kützing ex Frank 1886, is an earlier taxonomic synonym of Stigonemataceae. Both species originally placed in Sirosiphon by Kützing (1843, p. 219) were included in Stigonema by Bornet and Flahault, but those authors (1886, p. 338; 1886b, p. 51) retained Sirosiphonaceae (‘Sirosiphoniaceae’) as the name of the tribe containing Stigonema. In view of the widespread use of Stigonemataceae in preference to Sirosiphonaceae, it seems appropriate to propose that name for conservation.". 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: 8
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 12
Total number of child taxa: 15

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Boanema Ercegović 1927	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Cyanobotrys Hoffmann 1991	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), illegitimate name	in need of a replacement
    Doliocatella Geitler 1933	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Gervasia Borzì ex Forti 1907	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Hapalopsis Kufferath 1942	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Homoeoptyche Skuja 1944	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Myxoderma Schmidle 1901	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    "Candidatus Paranostoc" Sudianto et al. 2026	not validly published	preferred name
    Pulvinularia Borzì 1916	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Rosaria Carter 1922	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), illegitimate name	synonym
    "Scythymenia" Agardh 1824	not validly published	preferred name
    Sirosiphon Kützing ex Frank 1886	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    "Sirosiphon" Kützing 1843	not validly published	synonym
    Stigonema Agardh ex Bornet and Flahault 1886	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Thackerella Bharadwaja 1963	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym

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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