Name: Chroococcales Schaffner 1922

Category: Order

Proposed as: ord. nov.

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Chroococcales Cavalier-Smith 2002	homotypic synonym, validly published, 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.
  • 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.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 4
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 4
Total number of child taxa: 10

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Aphanothecaceae (Komárek et Anagnostidis 1986) Komarek et al. 2014	validly published under the ICN	correct name
    Chroococcaceae Rabenhorst 1863	validly published under the ICN	correct name
    [Chroococcales, not assigned to family]	artificial parent node of taxa incertae sedis
    Cyanobacteriaceae Komarek et al. 2014	validly published under the ICN	correct name
    [Cyanocytaceae]	preliminary entry that lacks crucial information
    [Cyanothrichaceae]	preliminary entry that lacks crucial information
    Entophysalidaceae Geitler 1925	validly published under the ICN	correct name
    [Gomphosphaeriaceae]	preliminary entry that lacks crucial information
    [Microcystaceae]	preliminary entry that lacks crucial information
    [Skujapeltaceae]	preliminary entry that lacks crucial information

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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