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Phylum Cyanophyta
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, gender: ky-a-NO-phy-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
Correct name: Cyanobacteriota Oren et al. 2022
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Synonyms:
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Name Kind "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 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
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Notes:
- 🧒 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
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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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Record number: 68954
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