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Order "Oscillariales"
Name: "Oscillariales" corrig. Bennett and Murray 1889
Etymology: Os.cil.la.ri.a’les. N.L. fem. pl. n. Oscillariales, the order of the genus Oscillaria
Pronunciation (Latin), gender: os-kil-la-ri-A-les, feminine
Type genus: "Oscillaria" Bosc 1803
Original publication: Bennett AW, Murray G. A handbook of cryptogamic botany. Longmans, Green & Co., London, 1889.
Nomenclatural status: not validly published
Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)
Correct name: Oscillatoriales Schaffner 1922
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Synonyms:
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Name Kind 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) "Oscillariaceae" Bennett and Murray 1889 other spelling of name, inaccurate spelling Oscillatoriales Copeland 1936 heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), illegitimate name
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Notes:
- 🧒 Bennett and Murray (1889) assigned the genus "Lyngbya" Agardh 1824 to this order. Publication: Bennett AW, Murray G. A handbook of cryptogamic botany. Longmans, Green & Co., London, 1889.
- 🧒 Bennett and Murray (1889) assigned the genus "Oscillaria" Bosc 1803 to this order. Publication: Bennett AW, Murray G. A handbook of cryptogamic botany. Longmans, Green & Co., London, 1889.
- 🧒 Bennett and Murray (1889) assigned the genus "Inactis" Kützing 1843 to this order. Publication: Bennett AW, Murray G. A handbook of cryptogamic botany. Longmans, Green & Co., London, 1889.
- 🧒 Bennett and Murray (1889) assigned the genus "Microcoleus" to this order. Publication: Bennett AW, Murray G. A handbook of cryptogamic botany. Longmans, Green & Co., London, 1889.
- 🧒 Bennett and Murray (1889) assigned the genus "Spirulina" to this order. Publication: Bennett AW, Murray G. A handbook of cryptogamic botany. Longmans, Green & Co., London, 1889.
- 🧒 Bennett and Murray (1889) assigned the genus "Symploca" to this order. 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: "Oscillamriales".
Parent taxon: Chroococcophyceae Hollerbach et al. 1953
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LPSN automated production system. The following publication is only one of the sources consulted.
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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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