Name: Chroococcales Schaffner 1922

Category: Order

Proposed as: ord. nov.

Etymology: N.L. fem. pl. n. Chroococcales, the order of the genus Chroococcus

Gender: feminine

Type genus: Chroococcus Nägeli 1849

Valid publication: Schaffner JH. The classification of plants XII. Ohio Journal of Science 1922; 22:129-139.

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Chroococcales Cavalier-Smith 2002	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, rejected name

• Notes:
  • Cavalier-Smith (2002) assigned this order to the class Chroobacteria Cavalier-Smith 2002. Publication: Cavalier-Smith T. The neomuran origin of archaebacteria, the negibacterial root of the universal tree and bacterial megaclassification. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:7-76.
  • Geitler (1925) assigned this order to the class "Chroococceae". 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 this order to the subclass "Oscillatoriophycidae" Hoffmann et al. 2005. Publication: Hoffmann L, Komárek J, Kaštovský J. System of cyanoprokaryotes (cyanobacteria) – state in 2004. Algol. Stud. 2005; 117:95-115.
  • Hindak (2002) assigned the genus Planktocyanocapsa Hindák 2002 to this order. Publication: Hindák F. Four new chroococcalean species (Cyanophyta/Cyanobacteria) from Western Slovakia. Biologia, Bratislava 2002; 57:415-422.
  • Hoffmann et al. (2005) assigned the family Spirulinaceae (Gomont 1892) Hoffmann et al. 2005 to this order. 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 family Xenococcaceae Ercegović 1932 to this order. 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 family Hydrococcaceae Kützing 1843 to this order. 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 family Prochloraceae (ex Lewin 1977) Florenzano et al. 1986 to this order. 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 family "Cyanobacteriaceae" to this order. 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 family "Dermocarpellaceae" to this order. Publication: Hoffmann L, Komárek J, Kaštovský J. System of cyanoprokaryotes (cyanobacteria) – state in 2004. Algol. Stud. 2005; 117:95-115.
  • Komarek and Anagnostidis (1995) assigned the subfamily Siphononematoideae (Geitler 1925) Komárek and Anagnostidis 1995 to this order. Publication: Komárek J, Anagnostidis K. Nomenclatural novelties in chroococcalean cyanoprokaryotes. Preslia, Praha 1995; 67:15-23.
  • Komarek and Golubic (1990) assigned the family Hyellaceae Borzi 1914 to this order. Publication: Komarek J, Golubic S. Guide to the Nomenclature and formal taxonomic treatment of oxyphototroph prokaryotes (Cyanoprokaryotes). Unknown Publisher, Unknown City, 1990.
  • Komarek and Golubic (1990) assigned the family Merismopediaceae Elenkin 1933 to this order. Publication: Komarek J, Golubic S. Guide to the Nomenclature and formal taxonomic treatment of oxyphototroph prokaryotes (Cyanoprokaryotes). Unknown Publisher, Unknown City, 1990.
  • Komarek and Golubic (1990) assigned the family "Synechococcaceae" to this order. Publication: Komarek J, Golubic S. Guide to the Nomenclature and formal taxonomic treatment of oxyphototroph prokaryotes (Cyanoprokaryotes). Unknown Publisher, Unknown City, 1990.
  • Komarek and Golubic (1990) assigned the family "Synechocystaceae" to this order. Publication: Komarek J, Golubic S. Guide to the Nomenclature and formal taxonomic treatment of oxyphototroph prokaryotes (Cyanoprokaryotes). Unknown Publisher, Unknown City, 1990.
  • Komarek and Golubic (1990) assigned the genus Anacystis Meneghini 1837 to this order. Publication: Komarek J, Golubic S. Guide to the Nomenclature and formal taxonomic treatment of oxyphototroph prokaryotes (Cyanoprokaryotes). Unknown Publisher, Unknown City, 1990.
  • Komarek and Golubic (1990) assigned the genus Endospora Gardner 1927 to this order. Publication: Komarek J, Golubic S. Guide to the Nomenclature and formal taxonomic treatment of oxyphototroph prokaryotes (Cyanoprokaryotes). Unknown Publisher, Unknown City, 1990.
  • Komarek et al. (2014) assigned the family Cyanotrichaceae corrig. Kiselev 1947 to this order. 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.
  • Komarek et al. (2014) assigned the family Cyanothrichaceae Kiselev 1947 to this order. 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.
  • Schaffner (1922) assigned the family Chamaesiphonaceae Borzì 1878 to this order. Publication: Schaffner JH. The classification of plants XII. Ohio Journal of Science 1922; 22:129-139.
  • Yilmaz et al. (2014) assigned the genus Chalicogloea Roldán et al. 2013 to this order. Publication: Yilmaz P, Parfrey LW, Yarza P, Gerken J, Pruesse E, Quast C, Schweer T, Peplies J, Ludwig W, Glöckner FO. The SILVA and “all-species living tree project (LTP)” taxonomic frameworks. Nucleic Acids Research 2014; 42(D1):D643-D648.
  • Yilmaz et al. (2014) assigned the genus Rubidibacter Choi et al. 2008 to this order. Publication: Yilmaz P, Parfrey LW, Yarza P, Gerken J, Pruesse E, Quast C, Schweer T, Peplies J, Ludwig W, Glöckner FO. The SILVA and “all-species living tree project (LTP)” taxonomic frameworks. Nucleic Acids Research 2014; 42(D1):D643-D648.
  • This taxon name is occasionally misprinted in some sources as: "Chmococcales"; "Chmocoocales"; "Chreccoceales"; "Chreeceecales"; "Chroccocales"; "Chroccoccales"; "Chrococeales"; "Chrocooccales"; "Chrocooceales"; "Chroncoccales"; "Chrooccocales"; "Chroococoales"; "Chroocococcales"; "Chroocoocales"; "Chroocrmcales"; "Chrooeaccales"; "Chzoococcales"; "Claroococcales"; "Cllroococcales"; "Clzroococcales"; "Ihroococcales"; "Iliroococcales"; "Ohroococcales"; "Zhlorococcales".
  • The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: CCALA: 6; NIES: 3; DSM: 3; CCAP: 2; ATCC: 2; UTEX: 2; BCRC: 1; KCTC: 1; MCC: 1; SAG: 1.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 7
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 7
Total number of child taxa: 11

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Aphanothecaceae (Komárek and Anagnostidis 1986) Komárek et al. 2014	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Chroococcaceae Rabenhorst 1863	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    [Chroococcales, not assigned to family]	artificial parent node of taxa incertae sedis
    [Cyanochloridaceae]	preliminary entry that lacks crucial information
    "Cyanocytaceae" Hall and Claus 1963	not validly published
    Entophysalidaceae Geitler 1925	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Geminocystaceae Tuji et al. 2021	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Gomphosphaeriaceae Elenkin 1933	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Microcystaceae Elenkin 1933	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Skujapeltaceae Hall and Claus 1967	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    "Stichosiphonaceae" Hoffmann et al. 2005	not validly published

Parent taxon: Cyanophyceae Schaffner 1909

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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