Order Gloeomargaritales

Name: Gloeomargaritales Moreira et al. 2017

Category: Order

Proposed as: ord. nov.

Etymology: Gloe.o.mar.ga.ri.ta’les. N.L. fem. n. Gloeomargarita, type genus of the order; L. fem. pl. n. suff. -ales, ending to denote an order; N.L. fem. pl. n. Gloeomargaritales, the order of the genus Gloeomargarita

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: glo͡e-o-mar-ga-ri-TA-les, feminine

Type genus: Gloeomargarita Moreira et al. 2017

Valid publication: Moreira D, Tavera R, Benzerara K, Skouri-Panet F, Couradeau E, Gerard E, Fonta CL, Novelo E, Zivanovic Y, Lopez-Garcia P. Description of Gloeomargarita lithophora gen. nov., sp. nov., a thylakoid-bearing, basal-branching cyanobacterium with intracellular carbonates, and proposal for Gloeomargaritales ord. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:653-658. 🇫🇷

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

Notes:
- 🧕 Moreira et al. (2017) assigned this order to the class Cyanophyceae Hauck 1885. Publication: Moreira D, Tavera R, Benzerara K, Skouri-Panet F, Couradeau E, Gerard E, Fonta CL, Novelo E, Zivanovic Y, Lopez-Garcia P. Description of Gloeomargarita lithophora gen. nov., sp. nov., a thylakoid-bearing, basal-branching cyanobacterium with intracellular carbonates, and proposal for Gloeomargaritales ord. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:653-658. 🇫🇷
- 🧕 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. 🇨🇿
- 🧒 Moreira et al. (2017) assigned the genus Gloeomargarita Moreira et al. 2017 to this order. Publication: Moreira D, Tavera R, Benzerara K, Skouri-Panet F, Couradeau E, Gerard E, Fonta CL, Novelo E, Zivanovic Y, Lopez-Garcia P. Description of Gloeomargarita lithophora gen. nov., sp. nov., a thylakoid-bearing, basal-branching cyanobacterium with intracellular carbonates, and proposal for Gloeomargaritales ord. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:653-658. 🇫🇷
- 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: FCME: 3; CCAP: 3; PMC: 2.

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
Gloeomargaritaceae Moreira et al. 2017	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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