Name: "Synechococcales" Hoffmann et al. 2005

Category: Order

Proposed as: ord. nov.

Etymology: N.L. fem. pl. n. Synechococcales, the Synechococcus order

Gender: feminine

Type genus: Synechococcus Nägeli 1849

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

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Prochlorales (ex Lewin 1977) Florenzano et al. 1986	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • Hoffmann et al. (2005) assigned this order to the subclass "Synechococcophycidae" Hoffmann et al. 2005. Publication: Hoffmann L, Komárek J, Kaštovský J. System of cyanoprokaryotes (cyanobacteria) – state in 2004. Algol. Stud. 2005; 117:95-115.
  • Strunecky et al. (2023) assigned this order to the class "Cyanobacteria". 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.
  • Ludwig et al. (2021) assigned the family "Pseudoanabaenaceae" to this order. Publication: Ludwig W, Viver T, Westram R, Francisco Gago J, Bustos-Caparros E, Knittel K, Amann R, Rossello-Mora R. Release LTP_12_2020, featuring a new ARB alignment and improved 16S rRNA tree for prokaryotic type strains. Syst Appl Microbiol 2021; 44:126218.
  • Salazar et al. (2020) assigned the family "Cyanobiaceae" Salazar et al. 2020 to this order. Publication: Salazar VW, Tschoeke DA, Swings J, Cosenza CA, Mattoso M, Thompson CC, Thompson FL. A new genomic taxonomy system for the Synechococcus collective. Environ Microbiol 2020; 22:4557-4570.
  • Soares et al. (2022) assigned the family Petrachlorosaceae Soares et al. 2022 to this order. Publication: Soares F, Trovao J, Ahn AC, Wilmotte A, Cardoso SM, Tiago I, Portugal A. Introducing Petrachlorosaceae fam. nov., Petrachloros gen. nov. and Petrachloros mirabilis sp. nov. (Synechococcales, Cyanobacteria) Isolated from a Portuguese UNESCO monument. J Phycol 2022; 58:219-233.
  • Strunecky et al. (2023) assigned the family "Prochlorococcaceae" to this order. 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.
  • This taxon name is occasionally misprinted in some sources as: "Symchucoccales"; "Synechoccales"; "Synechoccocales"; "Synechochoccales"; "Synechococales"; "Syneohocoecales".
  • The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: CCALA: 10; SAG: 6; MCC: 4; ULC: 4; UTEX: 4; FACHB: 3; IPPAS: 3; DSM: 3; RCC: 2; NIVA-CYA: 2.
  • Regarded as not validly published. No diagnosis. Publication: McNeill J, Barrie FR, Buck WR, Demoulin V, Greuter W, Hawksworth DL, Herendeen PS, Knapp S, Marhold K, Prado J, et al. International Code of Nomenclature for Algae, Fungi and Plants (Melbourne Code). Koeltz Scientific Books, Königstein, 2012.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 13
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 13
Total number of child taxa: 15

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Acaryochloridaceae Komárek et al. 2014	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Chamaesiphonaceae Borzì 1878	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Coelosphaeriaceae Elenkin 1933	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Heteroleibleiniaceae Komárek et al. 2014	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Leptolyngbyaceae Komárek et al. 2014	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Merismopediaceae Elenkin 1933	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Oculatellaceae Mai and Johansen 2018	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Petrachloraceae corrig. Soares et al. 2022	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Petrachlorosaceae Soares et al. 2022	inaccurate spelling (ICN [Botanical Code])	misspelling
    Prochloraceae (ex Lewin 1977) Florenzano et al. 1986	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pseudanabaenaceae Anagnostidis and Komárek 1988	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Romeriaceae Komárek et al. 2014	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Schizotrichaceae Elenkin 1949	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Synechococcaceae Komárek and Anagnostidis 1995	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    [Synechococcales, not assigned to family]	artificial parent node of taxa incertae sedis

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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