Name: Pleurocapsales Geitler 1925

Category: Order

Proposed as: ord. nov.

Etymology: N.L. fem. pl. n. Pleurocapsales, the order of the genus Pleurocapsa

Gender: feminine

Type genus: Pleurocapsa Thuret 1885

Valid publication: Geitler L. Cyanophyceae. In: Pascher A (eds), Die Süsswasser-Flora Deutschlands, Österreichs und der Schweiz, Gustav Fischer, Jena, 1925, p. 1-450.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Dermocarpales Geitler 1925	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
    Pleurocapsales Cavalier-Smith 2002	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, rejected 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.
  • Geitler (1925) assigned this order to the class "Chamaesiphoneae". Publication: Geitler L. Synoptische Darstellung der Cyanophyceen in morphologischer und systematischer Hinsicht. Beihefte zum Botanischen Centralblatt 1925; 41:163-294.
  • 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.
  • Starmach (1966) assigned this order to the class "Pleurocapsophyceae" Starmach 1966. Publication: Starmach K. Cyanophyta-Sinice. Glaucophyta-Glaukofity. In: Starmach K (eds), Flora slodkowodna Polski. Band 2, Panstwowe Wydawnietwo Naukowe, Warszawa, 1966, p. 807.
  • Knoll and Calder (1983) assigned the genus Scissilisphaera Knoll and Calder 1983 to this order. Publication: Knoll AH, Calder S. Microbiotas of the late Precambrian Ryssö Formation, Nordaustlandet, Svalbard. Palaeontology 1983; 26:467-496.
  • Komarek et al. (2014) assigned the genus "Odorella" 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.
  • This taxon name is occasionally misprinted in some sources as: "Fleurocapsales"; "Phurocapsales"; "Plcurocapsales"; "Plcurocopsales"; "Plenrocapsales"; "Pleumcapsales"; "Pleurocapxales"; "Pleurocaspales"; "Pleuvocapsales"; "Pleuwcapsales"; "Plewocapsales"; "Plewrocapsales"; "Plttirocapsales".
  • The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: FCME: 6; CCALA: 1; TNS: 1.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 5
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 5
Total number of child taxa: 7

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    [Dermocarpellaceae]	preliminary entry that lacks crucial information
    Hydrococcaceae Kützing 1843	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Hyellaceae Borzi 1914	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Leuconemataceae Kaas 1983	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Pleurocapsaceae Geitler 1925	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    [Pleurocapsales, not assigned to family]	artificial parent node of taxa incertae sedis
    Xenococcaceae Ercegović 1932	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name

Parent taxon: Cyanophyceae Schaffner 1909

Assigned by: Hoffmann L, Komárek J, Kaštovský J. System of cyanoprokaryotes (cyanobacteria) – state in 2004. Algol. Stud. 2005; 117:95-115.

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Record number: 6540