Name: Synechococcaceae Komárek and Anagnostidis 1995

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov.

Etymology: N.L. fem. pl. n. Synechococcaceae, the Synechococcus family

Gender: feminine

Type genus: Synechococcus Nägeli 1849

Valid publication: Komárek J, Anagnostidis K. Nomenclatural novelties in chroococcalean cyanoprokaryotes. Preslia, Praha 1995; 67:15-23.

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Cyanobiaceae" Salazar et al. 2020	heterotypic synonym, not validly published
    Alternantiaceae Schiller 1954	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)

• Notes:
  • Hoffmann et al. (2005) assigned the genus Pannus Hickel 1991 to this family. Publication: Hoffmann L, Komárek J, Kaštovský J. System of cyanoprokaryotes (cyanobacteria) – state in 2004. Algol. Stud. 2005; 117:95-115.
  • Hoffmann et al. (2005) assigned the genus Aphanothece Nägeli 1849 to this family. Publication: Hoffmann L, Komárek J, Kaštovský J. System of cyanoprokaryotes (cyanobacteria) – state in 2004. Algol. Stud. 2005; 117:95-115.
  • Hoffmann et al. (2005) assigned the genus Wolskyella Claus 1963 to this family. Publication: Hoffmann L, Komárek J, Kaštovský J. System of cyanoprokaryotes (cyanobacteria) – state in 2004. Algol. Stud. 2005; 117:95-115.
  • Hoffmann et al. (2005) assigned the genus Tubiella Hollerbach 1935 to this family. Publication: Hoffmann L, Komárek J, Kaštovský J. System of cyanoprokaryotes (cyanobacteria) – state in 2004. Algol. Stud. 2005; 117:95-115.
  • The type genus of this family has alternatively been placed in the family Chroococcaceae Rabenhorst 1863. Publication: Geitler L. Synoptische Darstellung der Cyanophyceen in morphologischer und systematischer Hinsicht. Beihefte zum Botanischen Centralblatt 1925; 41:163-294.
  • The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: RCC: 2; CCMP: 1.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 22
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 24
Total number of child taxa: 31

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Aegeococcus Konstantinou and Gkelis 2021	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Alternantia Schiller 1954	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Anathece Komárek et al. 2011	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Bacularia Borzì 1905	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Catella Ålvik 1934	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Cyanobium Rippka and Cohen-Bazire 1983	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Cyanocatena Hindák 1975	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Cyanodictyon Pascher 1914	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Cyanogranis Hindák 1982	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Cyanonephron Hickel 1985	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Cyanothamnos Cronberg 1991	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Epigloeosphaera Komárková-Legnerová 1991	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Gibliniella Strunecky and Raabová 2020	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    "Inmanicoccus" Walter et al. 2017	not validly published
    "Lacustricoccus" Salazar et al. 2020	not validly published
    Lauterbornia Pringsheim 1968	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Lemmermannia Elenkin 1933	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Lemmermanniella Geitler 1942	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Lithococcus Ercegović 1925	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Lithomyxa Howe 1932	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    "Parasynechococcus" Coutinho et al. 2016	not validly published
    Prochlorococcus Chisholm et al. 1992	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    "Regnicoccus" Walter et al. 2017	not validly published
    Rhabdoderma Schmidle and Lauterborn 1900	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Rhabdogloea Schröder 1917	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Rhodostichus Geitler and Pascher 1931	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Spirillopsis Naumann 1921	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Synechococcus Nägeli 1849	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    "Synechospongium" Salazar et al. 2020	not validly published
    "Thermosynechococcus" Katoh et al. 2001	not validly published
    "Vulcanococcus" Di Cesare et al. 2018	not validly published

Parent taxon: "Synechococcales" Hoffmann et al. 2005

Assigned by: Hoffmann L, Komárek J, Kaštovský J. System of cyanoprokaryotes (cyanobacteria) – state in 2004. Algol. Stud. 2005; 117:95-115.

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