Name: Oscillatoriales Schaffner 1922

Category: Order

Proposed as: ord. nov.

Etymology: Os.cil.la.to.ri.a’les. N.L. fem. pl. n. Oscillatoriales, the order of the genus Oscillatoria

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: os-kil-la-to-ri-A-les, feminine

Type genus: Oscillatoria Vaucher ex Gomont 1892

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)

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Oscillatoriales Cavalier-Smith 2002	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, rejected name
    Aerosakkonematales Lefler et al. 2024	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
    "Oscillariaceae" Bennett and Murray 1889	heterotypic synonym, inaccurate spelling
    "Oscillariales" corrig. Bennett and Murray 1889	heterotypic synonym, not validly published
    Oscillatoriales Copeland 1936	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), illegitimate name

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Cavalier-Smith (2002) assigned this order to the class Chroobacteria Cavalier-Smith 2002. Publication: Cavalier-Smith T. The neomuran origin of archaebacteria, the negibacterial root of the universal tree and bacterial megaclassification. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:7-76. 🇬🇧
  • 🧕 Elenkin (1949) assigned this order to the class "Hormogoneae". Publication: Elenkin AA. Sinezeleniye vodorosli SSSR. Monografiya presnovodnykh i nazemnykh S'yanofiseaye, obnaruzhennykh v predelakh SSSR. Spetsial'naya (sistematicheskaya) chast', vyp. II. III. Hormogoneae (Geitl.) Elenk. (okonchaniye). Izdate'stvo Akademii Nauk SSSR, Moscow, 1949.
  • 🧕 Hoffmann et al. (2005) assigned this order to the class Cyanophyceae Hauck 1885. Publication: Hoffmann L, Komárek J, Kaštovský J. System of cyanoprokaryotes (cyanobacteria) – state in 2004. Algol. Stud. 2005; 117:95-115. 🇱🇺
  • 🧕 Hoffmann et al. (2005) assigned this order to the subclass "Oscillatoriophycidae" Hoffmann et al. 2005. Publication: Hoffmann L, Komárek J, Kaštovský J. System of cyanoprokaryotes (cyanobacteria) – state in 2004. Algol. Stud. 2005; 117:95-115. 🇱🇺
  • 🧕 Komarek et al. (2014) assigned this order to the subclass "Oscillatoriophycidae" Hoffmann et al. 2005. Publication: Komárek J, Kaštovský J, Mareš J, Johansen JR. Taxonomic classification of cyanoprokaryotes (cyanobacterial genera) 2014, using a polyphasic approach. Preslia 2014; 86:295-335. 🇨🇿
  • 🧕 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. 🇨🇿
  • 🧒 Anagnostidis and Komarek (1988) assigned the family Pseudanabaenaceae Anagnostidis and Komárek 1988 to this order. Publication: Anagnostidis K, Komárek J. Modern approach to the classification system of cyanophytes. 3. Oscillatoriales. Archiv für Hydrobiologie, Supplement 1988; 80:327-472.
  • 🧒 Berthold et al. (2020) assigned the family Vermifilaceae Berthold et al. 2020 to this order. Publication: Berthold DE, Lefler F, Dail Laughinghouse H. Untangling filamentous marine cyanobacterial diversity from the coast of South Florida with the description of Vermifilaceae fam. nov. and three new genera: Leptochromothrix gen. nov., Ophiophycus gen. nov., and Vermifilum gen nov. Mol Phylogenet Evol 2020; 0:107010. 🇺🇸
  • 🧒 Berthold et al. (2022) assigned the family Sirenicapillariaceae Berthold et al. 2022 to this order. Publication: Berthold DE, Lefler FW, Laughinghouse HD. Recognizing novel cyanobacterial diversity in marine benthic mats, with the description of Sirenicapillariaceae fam. nov., two new genera, Sirenicapillaria gen. nov. and Tigrinifilum gen. nov., and seven new species. Phycologia 2022; 0:1-20. 🇺🇸
  • 🧒 Buch et al. (2017) assigned the genus Koinonema Buch et al. 2017 to this order. Publication: Buch B, Martins MD, Branco LHZ. A widespread cyanobacterium supported by polyphasic approach: proposition of Koinonema pervagatum gen. & sp. nov. (Oscillatoriales)(1). J Phycol 2017; 53:1097-1105. 🇧🇷
  • 🧒 Copeland (1936) assigned the genus Oscillatoria Vaucher ex Gomont 1892 to this order. Publication: Copeland JJ. YELLOWSTONE THERMAL MYXOPHYCEAE. Ann. New York Acad. Sci. 1936; 36:20.
  • 🧒 Dragastan (1985) assigned the genus Pseudogirvanella Dragastan 1985 to this order. Publication: Dragastan O. Review of Tethyan Mesozoic Algae of Romania. In: Toomey DF, Nitecki MH (eds), Paleoalgology. Contemporary research and applications, Springer-Verlag, Berlin Heidelberg, 1985, p. 101-161.
  • 🧒 Elenkin (1949) assigned the family Crinaliaceae Elenkin 1949 to this order. Publication: Elenkin AA. Sinezeleniye vodorosli SSSR. Monografiya presnovodnykh i nazemnykh S'yanofiseaye, obnaruzhennykh v predelakh SSSR. Spetsial'naya (sistematicheskaya) chast', vyp. II. III. Hormogoneae (Geitl.) Elenk. (okonchaniye). Izdate'stvo Akademii Nauk SSSR, Moscow, 1949.
  • 🧒 Elenkin (1949) assigned the family Hammatoideaceae Elenkin 1949 to this order. Publication: Elenkin AA. Sinezeleniye vodorosli SSSR. Monografiya presnovodnykh i nazemnykh S'yanofiseaye, obnaruzhennykh v predelakh SSSR. Spetsial'naya (sistematicheskaya) chast', vyp. II. III. Hormogoneae (Geitl.) Elenk. (okonchaniye). Izdate'stvo Akademii Nauk SSSR, Moscow, 1949.
  • 🧒 Elenkin (1949) assigned the family Lithonemataceae Elenkin 1949 to this order. Publication: Elenkin AA. Sinezeleniye vodorosli SSSR. Monografiya presnovodnykh i nazemnykh S'yanofiseaye, obnaruzhennykh v predelakh SSSR. Spetsial'naya (sistematicheskaya) chast', vyp. II. III. Hormogoneae (Geitl.) Elenk. (okonchaniye). Izdate'stvo Akademii Nauk SSSR, Moscow, 1949.
  • 🧒 Elenkin (1949) assigned the family Plectonemataceae Elenkin 1949 to this order. Publication: Elenkin AA. Sinezeleniye vodorosli SSSR. Monografiya presnovodnykh i nazemnykh S'yanofiseaye, obnaruzhennykh v predelakh SSSR. Spetsial'naya (sistematicheskaya) chast', vyp. II. III. Hormogoneae (Geitl.) Elenk. (okonchaniye). Izdate'stvo Akademii Nauk SSSR, Moscow, 1949.
  • 🧒 Elenkin (1949) assigned the family Pseudonostocaceae Elenkin 1949 to this order. Publication: Elenkin AA. Sinezeleniye vodorosli SSSR. Monografiya presnovodnykh i nazemnykh S'yanofiseaye, obnaruzhennykh v predelakh SSSR. Spetsial'naya (sistematicheskaya) chast', vyp. II. III. Hormogoneae (Geitl.) Elenk. (okonchaniye). Izdate'stvo Akademii Nauk SSSR, Moscow, 1949.
  • 🧒 Elenkin (1949) assigned the family Pseudoscytonemataceae Elenkin 1949 to this order. Publication: Elenkin AA. Sinezeleniye vodorosli SSSR. Monografiya presnovodnykh i nazemnykh S'yanofiseaye, obnaruzhennykh v predelakh SSSR. Spetsial'naya (sistematicheskaya) chast', vyp. II. III. Hormogoneae (Geitl.) Elenk. (okonchaniye). Izdate'stvo Akademii Nauk SSSR, Moscow, 1949.
  • 🧒 Elenkin (1949) assigned the family Sokoloviaceae Elenkin 1926 to this order. Publication: Elenkin AA. Sinezeleniye vodorosli SSSR. Monografiya presnovodnykh i nazemnykh S'yanofiseaye, obnaruzhennykh v predelakh SSSR. Spetsial'naya (sistematicheskaya) chast', vyp. II. III. Hormogoneae (Geitl.) Elenk. (okonchaniye). Izdate'stvo Akademii Nauk SSSR, Moscow, 1949.
  • 🧒 Elenkin (1949) assigned the family Schizotrichaceae Elenkin 1949 to this order. Publication: Elenkin AA. Sinezeleniye vodorosli SSSR. Monografiya presnovodnykh i nazemnykh S'yanofiseaye, obnaruzhennykh v predelakh SSSR. Spetsial'naya (sistematicheskaya) chast', vyp. II. III. Hormogoneae (Geitl.) Elenk. (okonchaniye). Izdate'stvo Akademii Nauk SSSR, Moscow, 1949.
  • 🧒 Elenkin (1949) assigned the family Gomontiellaceae Elenkin ex Geitler 1942 to this order. Publication: Elenkin AA. Sinezeleniye vodorosli SSSR. Monografiya presnovodnykh i nazemnykh S'yanofiseaye, obnaruzhennykh v predelakh SSSR. Spetsial'naya (sistematicheskaya) chast', vyp. II. III. Hormogoneae (Geitl.) Elenk. (okonchaniye). Izdate'stvo Akademii Nauk SSSR, Moscow, 1949.
  • 🧒 Elenkin (1949) assigned the family Homoeotrichaceae Elenkin 1949 to this order. Publication: Elenkin AA. Sinezeleniye vodorosli SSSR. Monografiya presnovodnykh i nazemnykh S'yanofiseaye, obnaruzhennykh v predelakh SSSR. Spetsial'naya (sistematicheskaya) chast', vyp. II. III. Hormogoneae (Geitl.) Elenk. (okonchaniye). Izdate'stvo Akademii Nauk SSSR, Moscow, 1949.
  • 🧒 Elenkin (1949) assigned the family "Pseudocapsosiraceae" Elenkin 1935 to this order. Publication: Elenkin AA. Sinezeleniye vodorosli SSSR. Monografiya presnovodnykh i nazemnykh S'yanofiseaye, obnaruzhennykh v predelakh SSSR. Spetsial'naya (sistematicheskaya) chast', vyp. II. III. Hormogoneae (Geitl.) Elenk. (okonchaniye). Izdate'stvo Akademii Nauk SSSR, Moscow, 1949.
  • 🧒 Elenkin (1949) assigned the family "Loefgreniaceae" to this order. — 🧒 Elenkin (1949) assigned the family "Pseudodiplonemataceae" to this order. Publication: Elenkin AA. Sinezeleniye vodorosli SSSR. Monografiya presnovodnykh i nazemnykh S'yanofiseaye, obnaruzhennykh v predelakh SSSR. Spetsial'naya (sistematicheskaya) chast', vyp. II. III. Hormogoneae (Geitl.) Elenk. (okonchaniye). Izdate'stvo Akademii Nauk SSSR, Moscow, 1949.
  • 🧒 Engene et al. (2015) assigned the genus Caldora Engene et al. 2015 to this order. Publication: Engene N, Tronholm A, Salvador-Reyes LA, Luesch H, Paul VJ. Caldora penicillata gen. nov., comb. nov. (cyanobacteria), a pantropical marine species with biomedical relevance. J Phycol 2015; 51:670-681. 🇺🇸
  • 🧒 Hasler et al. (2017) assigned the family Desertifilaceae Hašler et al. 2017 to this order. Publication: Hašler P, Casamatta D, Dvořák P, Poulíčková A. Jacksonvillea apiculata (Oscillatoriales, Cyanobacteria) gen. & sp. nov.: a new genus of filamentous, epipsamic cyanobacteria from North Florida. Phycologia 2017; 56:284-295. 🇨🇿
  • 🧒 Hauerova et al. (2021) assigned the genus Tenebriella Hauerová et al. 2021 to this order. Publication: Hauerova R, Hauer T, Kastovsky J, Komarek J, Lepsova-Skacelova O, Mares J. Tenebriella gen. nov. - the dark twin of Oscillatoria. Mol Phylogenet Evol 2021; 0:107293. 🇨🇿
  • 🧒 Hoffmann et al. (2005) assigned the family Gomontiellaceae Elenkin ex Geitler 1942 to this order. Publication: Hoffmann L, Komárek J, Kaštovský J. System of cyanoprokaryotes (cyanobacteria) – state in 2004. Algol. Stud. 2005; 117:95-115. 🇱🇺
  • 🧒 Hoffmann et al. (2005) assigned the family Phormidiaceae Anagnostidis and Komárek 1988 to this order. Publication: Hoffmann L, Komárek J, Kaštovský J. System of cyanoprokaryotes (cyanobacteria) – state in 2004. Algol. Stud. 2005; 117:95-115. 🇱🇺
  • 🧒 Hoffmann et al. (2005) assigned the family "Ammatoideaceae" to this order. Publication: Hoffmann L, Komárek J, Kaštovský J. System of cyanoprokaryotes (cyanobacteria) – state in 2004. Algol. Stud. 2005; 117:95-115. 🇱🇺
  • 🧒 Komarek and Golubic (1990) assigned the family Pseudanabaenaceae Anagnostidis and Komárek 1988 to this order. Publication: Komarek J, Golubic S. Guide to the Nomenclature and formal taxonomic treatment of oxyphototroph prokaryotes (Cyanoprokaryotes). Unknown Publisher, Unknown City, 1990.
  • 🧒 Komarek and Golubic (1990) assigned the family Schizotrichaceae Elenkin 1949 to this order. Publication: Komarek J, Golubic S. Guide to the Nomenclature and formal taxonomic treatment of oxyphototroph prokaryotes (Cyanoprokaryotes). Unknown Publisher, Unknown City, 1990.
  • 🧒 Komarek and Golubic (1990) assigned the family Gomontiellaceae Elenkin ex Geitler 1942 to this order. Publication: Komarek J, Golubic S. Guide to the Nomenclature and formal taxonomic treatment of oxyphototroph prokaryotes (Cyanoprokaryotes). Unknown Publisher, Unknown City, 1990.
  • 🧒 Komarek and Golubic (1990) assigned the family Homoeotrichaceae Elenkin 1949 to this order. Publication: Komarek J, Golubic S. Guide to the Nomenclature and formal taxonomic treatment of oxyphototroph prokaryotes (Cyanoprokaryotes). Unknown Publisher, Unknown City, 1990.
  • 🧒 Komarek and Golubic (1990) assigned the family Phormidiaceae Anagnostidis and Komárek 1988 to this order. Publication: Komarek J, Golubic S. Guide to the Nomenclature and formal taxonomic treatment of oxyphototroph prokaryotes (Cyanoprokaryotes). Unknown Publisher, Unknown City, 1990.
  • 🧒 Komarek and Golubic (1990) assigned the genus Trichospira McNeill 1948 to this order. Publication: Komarek J, Golubic S. Guide to the Nomenclature and formal taxonomic treatment of oxyphototroph prokaryotes (Cyanoprokaryotes). Unknown Publisher, Unknown City, 1990.
  • 🧒 Komarek et al. (2014) assigned the family Coleofasciculaceae Komárek et al. 2014 to this order. Publication: Komárek J, Kaštovský J, Mareš J, Johansen JR. Taxonomic classification of cyanoprokaryotes (cyanobacterial genera) 2014, using a polyphasic approach. Preslia 2014; 86:295-335. 🇨🇿
  • 🧒 Komarek et al. (2014) assigned the family Cyanothecaceae Komárek et al. 2014 to this order. Publication: Komárek J, Kaštovský J, Mareš J, Johansen JR. Taxonomic classification of cyanoprokaryotes (cyanobacterial genera) 2014, using a polyphasic approach. Preslia 2014; 86:295-335. 🇨🇿
  • 🧒 Komarek et al. (2014) assigned the family Gomontiellaceae Elenkin ex Geitler 1942 to this order. Publication: Komárek J, Kaštovský J, Mareš J, Johansen JR. Taxonomic classification of cyanoprokaryotes (cyanobacterial genera) 2014, using a polyphasic approach. Preslia 2014; 86:295-335. 🇨🇿
  • 🧒 Komarek et al. (2014) assigned the family Homoeotrichaceae Elenkin 1949 to this order. Publication: Komárek J, Kaštovský J, Mareš J, Johansen JR. Taxonomic classification of cyanoprokaryotes (cyanobacterial genera) 2014, using a polyphasic approach. Preslia 2014; 86:295-335. 🇨🇿
  • 🧒 Komarek et al. (2014) assigned the genus "Sodaleptolyngbya" to this order. Publication: Komárek J, Kaštovský J, Mareš J, Johansen JR. Taxonomic classification of cyanoprokaryotes (cyanobacterial genera) 2014, using a polyphasic approach. Preslia 2014; 86:295-335. 🇨🇿
  • 🧒 Komarek et al. (2014) assigned the genus "Sodalinema" to this order. Publication: Komárek J, Kaštovský J, Mareš J, Johansen JR. Taxonomic classification of cyanoprokaryotes (cyanobacterial genera) 2014, using a polyphasic approach. Preslia 2014; 86:295-335. 🇨🇿
  • 🧒 Samylina et al. (2021) assigned the genus Baaleninema Samylina et al. 2021 to this order. Publication: Samylina OS, Sinetova MA, Kupriyanova EV, Starikov AY, Sukhacheva MV, Dziuba MV, Tourova TP. Ecology and biogeography of the 'marine Geitlerinema' cluster and a description of Sodalinema orleanskyi sp. nov., Sodalinema gerasimenkoae sp. nov., Sodalinema stali sp. nov. and Baaleninema simplex gen. et sp. nov. (Oscillatoriales, Cyanobacteria). FEMS Microbiol Ecol 2021; 97:0. 🇷🇺
  • 🧒 Schaffner (1922) assigned the genus Oscillatoria Vaucher ex Gomont 1892 to this order. Publication: Schaffner JH. The classification of plants XII. Ohio Journal of Science 1922; 22:129-139.
  • 🧒 Yilmaz et al. (2014) assigned the genus Crinalium Crow 1927 to this order. Publication: Yilmaz P, Parfrey LW, Yarza P, Gerken J, Pruesse E, Quast C, Schweer T, Peplies J, Ludwig W, Glöckner FO. The SILVA and “all-species living tree project (LTP)” taxonomic frameworks. Nucleic Acids Research 2014; 42(D1):D643-D648. 🇩🇪
  • 🧒 Yilmaz et al. (2014) assigned the genus Halospirulina Nübel et al. 2000 to this order. Publication: Yilmaz P, Parfrey LW, Yarza P, Gerken J, Pruesse E, Quast C, Schweer T, Peplies J, Ludwig W, Glöckner FO. The SILVA and “all-species living tree project (LTP)” taxonomic frameworks. Nucleic Acids Research 2014; 42(D1):D643-D648. 🇩🇪
  • 🧒 Yilmaz et al. (2014) assigned the genus Planktothricoides Suda and Watanabe 2002 to this order. Publication: Yilmaz P, Parfrey LW, Yarza P, Gerken J, Pruesse E, Quast C, Schweer T, Peplies J, Ludwig W, Glöckner FO. The SILVA and “all-species living tree project (LTP)” taxonomic frameworks. Nucleic Acids Research 2014; 42(D1):D643-D648. 🇩🇪
  • 🧒 Zimba et al. (2021) assigned the family Laspinemataceae corrig. Zimba et al. 2021 to this order. Publication: Zimba PV, Shalygin S, Huang I, Momčilović M, Abdulla H. A new boring toxin producer – Perforafilum tunnelli gen. & sp. nov. (Oscillatoriales, Cyanobacteria) Isolated from Laguna Madre, Texas, USA. Phycologia 2021; 1:15. 🇺🇸
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Oacillatoriales"; "Orcillatoriales"; "Osciflatoriales"; "Oscilfatoriales"; "Oscillaforiales"; "Oscillaioriales"; "Oscillaloriales"; "Oscillaroriales"; "Oscillateriales"; "Oscillatertales"; "Oscillatonales"; "Oscillatorales"; "Oscillatortiales"; "Oscillutoriales"; "Oscinatoriales"; "Oscitlatoriales"; "Osecillatoriales"; "Oseiilatoriales"; "Osoillatariales"; "Osoillaturiales"; "Oszillatoriales".
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: US: 25; BRY: 14; NIES: 14; CBFS: 13; CCALA: 12; PCC: 12; SP: 11; CCAP: 7; BRNM: 6; NIVA-CYA: 4.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 6
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 17
Total number of child taxa: 20

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Aerosakkonemataceae Strunecký and Mareš 2023	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Borziaceae Borzì 1914	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Fistulellaceae Korde 1973	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    [Garwoodiaceae]	preliminary entry that lacks crucial information
    Girvanellaceae Luchinina 1975	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Homoeotrichaceae Elenkin 1949	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Laspinemaceae Zimba et al. 2021	inaccurate spelling (ICN [Botanical Code])	misspelling
    Laspinemataceae corrig. Zimba et al. 2021	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Lyngbyaceae (Gomont 1892) Hansgirg 1892	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Microcoleaceae (Hansgirg 1889) Komárek et al. 2014	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), illegitimate name	synonym
    Microcoleaceae (Hansgirg 1892) Strunecký et al. 2013	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Oscillariaceae Engler 1892	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), illegitimate name	synonym
    Oscillatoriaceae Engler 1898	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), conserved name	correct name
    [Oscillatoriales, not assigned to family]	artificial parent node of taxa incertae sedis
    Phormidiaceae Anagnostidis and Komárek 1988	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Plectonemataceae Elenkin 1949	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Proauloporaceae Korde 1973	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Pseudoscytonemataceae Elenkin 1949	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Sirenicapillariaceae Berthold et al. 2022	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Vermifilaceae Berthold et al. 2020	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym

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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