Name: "Prochlorales" (ex Lewin 1977) Florenzano et al. 1986

Category: Order

Proposed as: ord. nov., nom. rev.

Etymology: Pro.chlo.ra’les. N.L. neut. n. Prochloron, type genus of the order; L. fem. pl. n. suff. -ales, ending to denote an order; N.L. fem. pl. n. Prochlorales, the Prochloron order

Pronunciation, gender: pro-k^hlo-RA-les, feminine

Type genus: "Prochloron" (ex Lewin 1977) Florenzano et al. 1986

Original publication: Florenzano G, Balloni W, Materassi R. Nomenclature of Prochloron didemni (Lewin 1977) sp. nov., nom. rev., Prochloron (Lewin 1976) gen. nov., nom. rev., Prochloraceae fam. nov., Prochlorales ord. nov., nom. rev. in the class Photobacteria Gibbons and Murray 1978. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1986; 36:351-353.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Chroococcales corrig. Ardissone 1886

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Chroococcoideae Ardissone 1886	heterotypic synonym, inaccurate spelling (ICN [Botanical Code])
    Chroococcoideae Wettstein 1901	heterotypic synonym, inaccurate spelling and illegitimate (ICN [Botanical Code])
    "Cyanobacteriales" Rippka and Cohen-Bazire 1983	heterotypic synonym, not validly published
    Dermocarpales Geitler 1925	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
    Pleurocapsales Cavalier-Smith 2002	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, rejected name
    Chroococcales Cavalier-Smith 2002	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, rejected name
    Chroococcales corrig. Ardissone 1886	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
    Siphononematidea Walton 1931	heterotypic synonym, inaccurate spelling (ICN [Botanical Code])
    Chroococcaceae Bennett and Murray 1889	heterotypic synonym, inaccurate spelling and illegitimate (ICN [Botanical Code])
    Chroococcales Frémy 1930	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), illegitimate name
    Pleurocapsales Geitler 1925	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
    Chroococcales corrig. Bennett and Murray 1889	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), illegitimate name
    Chroococcales Schaffner 1922	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), illegitimate name
    "Prochlorales" Lewin 1977	homotypic synonym, not validly published
    Chroococcales Geitler 1925	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), illegitimate name
    Siphononematales corrig. Walton 1931	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)

• Emendations:
  • Burger-Wiersma et al. 1989 Burger-Wiersma T, Stal LJ, Mur LR. Prochlorothrix hollandica gen. nov., sp. nov., a filamentous oxygenic photoautrotophic procaryote containing chlorophylls a and b: assignment to Prochlorotrichaceae fam. nov. and order Prochlorales Florenzano, Balloni, and Materassi 1986, with emendation of the ordinal description. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1989; 39:250-257.

• Notes:
  • 🧒 Burger-Wiersma et al. (1989) assigned the family Prochlorotrichaceae Burger-Wiersma et al. 1989 to this order. Publication: Burger-Wiersma T, Stal LJ, Mur LR. Prochlorothrix hollandica gen. nov., sp. nov., a filamentous oxygenic photoautrotophic procaryote containing chlorophylls a and b: assignment to Prochlorotrichaceae fam. nov. and order Prochlorales Florenzano, Balloni, and Materassi 1986, with emendation of the ordinal description. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1989; 39:250-257.
  • 🧒 Florenzano et al. (1986) assigned the family "Prochloraceae" (ex Lewin 1977) Florenzano et al. 1986 to this order. Publication: Florenzano G, Balloni W, Materassi R. Nomenclature of Prochloron didemni (Lewin 1977) sp. nov., nom. rev., Prochloron (Lewin 1976) gen. nov., nom. rev., Prochloraceae fam. nov., Prochlorales ord. nov., nom. rev. in the class Photobacteria Gibbons and Murray 1978. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1986; 36:351-353.
  • 🧒 Florenzano et al. (1986) assigned the genus "Prochloron" (ex Lewin 1977) Florenzano et al. 1986 to this order. Publication: Florenzano G, Balloni W, Materassi R. Nomenclature of Prochloron didemni (Lewin 1977) sp. nov., nom. rev., Prochloron (Lewin 1976) gen. nov., nom. rev., Prochloraceae fam. nov., Prochlorales ord. nov., nom. rev. in the class Photobacteria Gibbons and Murray 1978. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1986; 36:351-353.
  • 🧔 This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP. Publication: Imhoff JF, Madigan MT. International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes Subcommittee on the taxonomy of phototrophic bacteria. Minutes of the Meetings, 28 August 2000, Barcelona, Spain. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 2002; 52:2335-2336.
  • 🧍 Considered not validly published. Name of the type genus not validly published. Publication: Oren A, Arahal DR, Goker M, Moore ERB, Rossello-Mora R, Sutcliffe IC. International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes. Prokaryotic Code (2022 Revision). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5585.
  • 🧍 Previously, the order name Prochlorales was validly published under the Botanical Code by Lewin 1977. Publication: Euzeby JP, Tindall BJ. Nomenclatural type of orders: corrections necessary according to Rules 15 and 21a of the Bacteriological Code (1990 Revision), and designation of appropriate nomenclatural types of classes and subclasses. Request for an opinion. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:725-727.

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. — Hollerbach MM, Kosinskaya EK, Polyansky VI. Sinezelenye vodorosli. In: Anonymous NN (eds), Opredelitel presnovodnykh vodoroslej SSSR, Sovetskaya Nauka, Moskva, 1953, p. 652.

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