Phylum Cyanobacteriophyta

Name: Cyanobacteriophyta corrig. Oren et al. 2022

Category: Phylum

Proposed as: phyl. nov.

Type genus: Cyanobacterium Rippka and Cohen-Bazire 2022

Valid publication: Oren A, Mares J, Rippka R. Validation of the names Cyanobacterium and Cyanobacterium stanieri, and proposal of Cyanobacteriota phyl. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5528. 🇮🇱

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 72, part 10 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5736.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP, inappropriate correction

Taxonomic status: misspelling

Correct name: Cyanobacteriota Oren et al. 2022

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Protophytaria Walton 1931	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), descriptive name
Cyanobacteria Garcia-Pichel et al. 2020	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), descriptive name
Cyanophyta Geitler 1925	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), descriptive name
"Cyanoprokaryota" Komárek and Golubić 1990	heterotypic synonym, not validly published, descriptive name
Cyanobacteriota Oren et al. 2022	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
"Cyanobacteria" Woese et al. 1985	heterotypic synonym, not validly published

Notes:
- 🧍 Inappropriate spelling correction of Cyanobacteriota Oren et al. 2022 conducted by Aleksovski et al. (2025). While Cyanobacteriophyta appears to be the preferred spelling under the International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi and plants, Cyanobacteriota Oren et al. 2022 was directly validly published under the ICNP. According to the ICNP, the appropriate spelling is therefore Cyanobacteriota Oren et al. 2022. This appears to be an unresolved discrepancy between ICNP and ICNafp. Publication: 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. 🇮🇪

Parent taxon: Bacillati (Gibbons and Murray 1978) Oren and Göker 2024

Assigned by: Goker M, Oren A. Valid publication of names of two domains and seven kingdoms of prokaryotes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6242. 🇩🇪

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