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Order Kenellales
Etymology: Ke.nel.la’les. N.L. fem. pl. n. Kenellales, the Kenella order
Pronunciation, gender: ke-nel-LA-les, feminine
Type genus: Kenella Korde 1973
Valid publication: Korde KB. Vodorosli Kembriya [Cambrian Algae]. Trudy Paleontologicheskogo instituta Akademii Nauk SSSR 1973; 139:1-349.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), illegitimate name
Correct name: Nostocales corrig. Borzì 1914
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Synonyms:
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Name Kind "Nostochinae" Endlicher 1836 heterotypic synonym, inaccurate spelling Nostochinae Borzì 1914 heterotypic synonym, inaccurate spelling (ICN [Botanical Code]) "Nostochineae" Thuret 1886 heterotypic synonym, inaccurate spelling Nostocales corrig. Borzì 1914 heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) Stigonematales (ex Geitler 1925) Cavalier-Smith 2002 heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, rejected name Stigonematidea Walton 1931 heterotypic synonym, inaccurate spelling (ICN [Botanical Code]) Nostocales Cavalier-Smith 2002 heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, rejected name Nostocidea Walton 1931 heterotypic synonym, inaccurate spelling and illegitimate (ICN [Botanical Code]) "Nostocales" corrig. Thuret 1886 heterotypic synonym, not validly published Nostocales Geitler 1925 heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), illegitimate name Nostocales corrig. Walton 1931 heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), illegitimate name Stigonematales corrig. Walton 1931 heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
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Notes:
- 🧒 Korde (1973) assigned the family Fistulellaceae Korde 1973 to this order. Publication: Korde KB. Vodorosli kembrija [Cambrian Algae]. Trudy Paleontologicheskogo instituta Akademii Nauk SSSR 1973; 139:1-349.
- 🧒 Korde (1973) assigned the family Kenellaceae Korde 1973 to this order. Publication: Korde KB. Vodorosli kembrija [Cambrian Algae]. Trudy Paleontologicheskogo instituta Akademii Nauk SSSR 1973; 139:1-349.
- 🧒 Korde (1973) assigned the genus Kenella Korde 1973 to this order. Publication: Korde KB. Vodorosli kembrija [Cambrian Algae]. Trudy Paleontologicheskogo instituta Akademii Nauk SSSR 1973; 139:1-349.
- 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Keaellales"; "Kenelales".
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. —
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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