Name: Tolypothrichaceae Hauer et al. 2014

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov.

Etymology: N.L. fem. pl. n. Tolypothrichaceae, sic

Gender: feminine

Type genus: Tolypothrix Kützing ex Bornet and Flahault 1886

Valid publication: Hauer T, Bohunicka M, Johansen JR, Mares J, Berrendero-Gomez E. Reassessment of the cyanobacterial family Microchaetaceae and establishment of new families Tolypothrichaceae and Godleyaceae. J Phycol 2014; 50:1089-1100.

Nomenclatural status: inaccurate spelling (ICN [Botanical Code])

Taxonomic status: misspelling

Correct name: Tolypotrichaceae corrig. Hauer et al. 2014

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Desmonemataceae" Kondratyeva 1968	heterotypic synonym, not validly published
    Tolypotrichaceae corrig. Hauer et al. 2014	corrected spelling of name, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)

• Notes:
  • Komarek et al. (2014) assigned this family to the order Nostocales Borzì 1914. Publication: Komárek J, Kaštovský J, Mareš J, Johansen JR. Taxonomic classification of cyanoprokaryotes (cyanobacterial genera) 2014, using a polyphasic approach. Preslia 2014; 86:295-335.
  • The type genus of this family has alternatively been placed in the family Scytonemaceae Rabenhorst ex Bornet and Flahault 1886. Publication: Bornet É, Flahault C. Revision des Nostocacées hétérocystées contenues dans les principaux herbiers de France (Troisième fragment). Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Botanique, Septième série 1886; 5:51-129.
  • The type genus of this family has alternatively been placed in the family Microchaetaceae Lemmermann 1907. 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 Scytonemataceae corrig. Rabenhorst ex Bornet and Flahault 1886. Publication: Geitler L. Synoptische Darstellung der Cyanophyceen in morphologischer und systematischer Hinsicht. Beihefte zum Botanischen Centralblatt 1925; 41:163-294.
  • This taxon name is occasionally misprinted in some sources as: "Tolyphothrichaceae".
  • Irregularly formed name. The expected name to be formed from Tolypothrix would be "Tolypotrichaceae" because the genitive of thrix is trichos (Latin trichis). See also the discussion in Silva (1980). 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 Borzì 1914

Assigned by: Komárek J, Kaštovský J, Mareš J, Johansen JR. Taxonomic classification of cyanoprokaryotes (cyanobacterial genera) 2014, using a polyphasic approach. Preslia 2014; 86:295-335.

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