Name: Cyanophyta Geitler 1925

Category: Phylum

Proposed as: phyl. nov.

Etymology: Cy.a.no’phy.ta. N.L. neut. pl. n. suff. -phyta, ending to denote a phylum or division of algae under the ICN; N.L. neut. pl. n. Cyanophyta

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: ky-a-NO-p^hy-ta, neuter

Valid publication: Geitler L. Synoptische Darstellung der Cyanophyceen in morphologischer und systematischer Hinsicht. Beihefte zum Botanischen Centralblatt 1925; 41:163-294.

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

Taxonomic status: synonym

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
    Cyanobacteriophyta corrig. Oren et al. 2022	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, inappropriate correction
    "Cyanoprokaryota" Komárek and Golubić 1990	heterotypic synonym, not validly published, descriptive name
    Cyanobacteriota Oren et al. 2022	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    "Cyanobacteria" Woese et al. 1985	heterotypic synonym, not validly published

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Whittaker (1959) assigned this phylum to the subkingdom "Monera" Whittaker 1959. Publication: Whittaker RH. On the broad classification of organisms. Q Rev Biol 1959; 34:210-226.
  • 🧒 Geitler (1925) assigned the class Cyanophyceae Hauck 1885 to this phylum. Publication: Geitler L. Synoptische Darstellung der Cyanophyceen in morphologischer und systematischer Hinsicht. Beihefte zum Botanischen Centralblatt 1925; 41:163-294.
  • 🧒 Geitler (1925) assigned the family "Chlorobacteriaceae" Geitler and Pascher 1925 to this phylum. Publication: Geitler L. Synoptische Darstellung der Cyanophyceen in morphologischer und systematischer Hinsicht. Beihefte zum Botanischen Centralblatt 1925; 41:163-294.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Cyannphyta"; "Cyanophyla"; "Cyanophytc"; "Cyanophytis"; "Cyunophyta".

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

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. — 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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