Family Woronichiniaceae

Name: Woronichiniaceae Elenkin 1933

Category, proposed as: family, fam. nov.

Etymology: Wo.ro.ni.chi.ni.a’ce.ae. N.L. fem. pl. n. Woronichiniaceae, the Woronichinia family

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: wo-ro-ni-k^hi-ni-A-ke-a͡e, feminine

Type genus: Woronichinia Elenkin 1933

Valid publication: Elenkin AA. O sistematicheskom podrazdenii poryadka Chroococcales Geitler (1925). Trudy Botanicheskogo Instituta Akademii Nauk SSSR, Ser. 2, Sporovye Rasteniya 1933; 1:17-21.

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

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Microcystaceae Elenkin 1933

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Holopediaceae Elenkin 1933	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), illegitimate name
    "Prochloraceae" Lewin 1977	heterotypic synonym, not validly published
    "Prochloraceae" (ex Lewin 1977) Florenzano et al. 1986	heterotypic synonym, not validly published
    "Beckiaceae" Elenkin 1933	heterotypic synonym, not validly published
    Microcystaceae Elenkin 1933	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
    Aphanothecaceae (Komárek and Anagnostidis 1986) Komárek et al. 2014	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
    Coelosphaeriaceae Elenkin 1933	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
    Rubidibacteraceae Chuvochina et al. 2024	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🧒 Elenkin (1933) assigned the genus Woronichinia Elenkin 1933 to this family. Publication: Elenkin AA. O sistematicheskom podrazdenii poryadka Chroococcales Geitler (1925). Trudy Botanicheskogo Instituta Akademii Nauk SSSR, Ser. 2, Sporovye Rasteniya 1933; 1:17-21.
  • 🛺 The type genus of this family has been placed in the family Microcystaceae Elenkin 1933. Publication: Pokorny J, Kastovsky J, Stenclova LM. Epitypification of Merismopedia tranquilla (Cyanobacteria) prompts phylogenetic reassessment of the genus and the description of two morphologically similar genera. J Phycol 2026; 0:0. 🇨🇿
  • 🚃 The type genus of this family has alternatively been placed in the family Gomphosphaeriaceae Elenkin 1933. Publication: Hoffmann L, Komárek J, Kastovsky J. System of cyanoprokaryotes (cyanobacteria) - state in 2004. Algological Studies 2005; 117:95-115. 🇱🇺
  • 🚃 The type genus of this family has alternatively been placed in the family Coelosphaeriaceae Elenkin 1933. 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. 🇨🇿
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Waoronichiniaceae"; "Waronichiniaceae"; "Weronichiniaceae"; "Wofonichiniaceae"; "Womnichiniaceae"; "Worenichiniaceae"; "Wormichniaceae"; "Woromchiniaceae"; "Woroniclziniaceae"; "Woronihiniaceae"; "Worouichiniaceae".
  • ❗ Woronichiniaceae 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 Chroococcaceae. 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: Chroococcales corrig. Ardissone 1886

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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