Name: Chroococcales Schaffner 1922

Category: Order

Proposed as: ord. nov.

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 NN. [Title pending]. Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 1925; 41:231.
  • 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 "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 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 "Hyellaceae" 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" 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.
  • Schaffner (1922) assigned the family "Chamaesiphonaceae" to this order. Publication: Schaffner JH. The classification of plants XII. Ohio Journal of Science 1922; 22:129-139.

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: 10

• 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
    Cyanobacteriaceae Komárek et al. 2014	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    "Cyanocytaceae" Hall and Claus 1963	not validly published
    [Cyanothrichaceae]	preliminary entry that lacks crucial information
    Entophysalidaceae Geitler 1925	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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