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Order Oscillatoriales
Name: Oscillatoriales Copeland 1936
Etymology: Os.cil.la.to.ri.a’les. N.L. fem. pl. n. Oscillatoriales, the Oscillatoria order
Pronunciation (Latin), gender: os-kil-la-to-ri-A-les, feminine
Type genus: Oscillatoria Vaucher ex Gomont 1892
Valid publication:
Copeland JJ. Yellowstone thermal Myxophyceae. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 1936; 36:1-232. 
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), illegitimate name
Correct name: Oscillatoriales Schaffner 1922
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Synonyms:
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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) Oscillatoriales Schaffner 1922 homotypic 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
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Notes:
- 🙄 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".
- 🧍 Later isonym of Oscillatoriales Schaffner 1922. Publication: Schaffner JH. The classification of plants XII. Ohio Journal of Science 1922; 22:129-139.
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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Record number: 52019
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