Order Aegeococcales

Name: Aegeococcales Strunecký and Mareš 2023

Category: Order

Proposed as: ord. nov.

Etymology: Ae.ge.o.coc.ca’les. N.L. fem. pl. n. Aegeococcales, the Aegeococcus order

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: a͡e-ge-o-kok-KA-les, feminine

Type genus: Aegeococcus Konstantinou and Gkelis 2021

Valid publication: 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. 🇨🇿

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

Notes:
- 🧕 Strunecky et al. (2023) assigned this order to the class Cyanophyceae Hauck 1885. Publication: 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. 🇨🇿
- 🧒 Strunecky et al. (2023) assigned the genus Aegeococcus Konstantinou and Gkelis 2021 to this order. Publication: 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. 🇨🇿
- 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Aegeococcocales".
- ✏ The authority of the taxon name (Strunecký and Mareš) deliberately differs from the authors of the publication (Strunecky et al.).
- 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: TAU: 4; TAU-MAC: 4.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 1
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 1
Total number of child taxa: 1

Child taxa:

Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
Aegeococcaceae Strunecký and Mareš 2023	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name

Parent taxon: Chroococcophyceae Hollerbach et al. 1953

Assigned by: Aleksovski B, Krstić S, Guiry MD. The names of phyla and classes of blue-green algae (cyanobacteria, cyanophytes) and a typified name: Cyanobacteriophyta Oren, Mareš et Rippka. Fottea 2025; 25:212-217. 🇮🇪

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Record number: 37557

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Order Aegeococcales