Name: Chroococcales Schaffner 1922

Category: Order

Proposed as: ord. nov.

Etymology: Chro.o.coc.ca’les. N.L. fem. pl. n. Chroococcales, the order of the genus Chroococcus

Pronunciation, gender: khro-o-kok-KA-les, 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), illegitimate name

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Chroococcales corrig. Ardissone 1886

Parent taxon: Chroococcophyceae Hollerbach et al. 1953

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. — Hollerbach MM, Kosinskaya EK, Polyansky VI. Sinezelenye vodorosli. In: Anonymous NN (eds), Opredelitel presnovodnykh vodoroslej SSSR, Sovetskaya Nauka, Moskva, 1953, p. 652.

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Record number: 6538
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