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Order "Oscillariaceae"
Name: "Oscillariaceae" Bennett and Murray 1889
Pronunciation, gender: os-kil-la-ri-A-ke-a͡e, feminine
Type genus: "Oscillaria" Bosc 1803
Original publication: Bennett AW, Murray G. A handbook of cryptogamic botany. Longmans, Green & Co., London, 1889.
Nomenclatural status: inaccurate spelling
Taxonomic status: misspelling (and no standing)
Preferred name: "Oscillariales" corrig. Bennett and Murray 1889
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Synonyms:
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Name Kind Oscillatoriales Copeland 1936 heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), illegitimate name Oscillatoriales Cavalier-Smith 2002 heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, rejected name Aerosakkonematales Lefler et al. 2024 heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) Oscillatoriales Schaffner 1922 heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) "Oscillariales" corrig. Bennett and Murray 1889 corrected spelling of name, not validly published
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Notes:
- 🚃 The type genus of this order has alternatively been placed in the order "Oscillariales" corrig. Bennett and Murray 1889. Publication: Bennett AW, Murray G. A handbook of cryptogamic botany. Longmans, Green & Co., London, 1889.
- 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Osciliariaceae"; "Oscillaioriaceae"; "Oscillalariaceae"; "Oscillarariaceae"; "Oscillariacea"; "Oscillaroriaceae"; "Osoillariaceae".
Parent taxon: Cyanophyceae Bennett and Murray 1889
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LPSN automated production system. The following publication is only one of the sources consulted.
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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. 
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Record number: 62533
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