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Oscillatoriaceae
Engl. (1898), nom. cons.
(alga)
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Entity:
[Oscillatoriales] (Order)
..[Ammatoideaceae] (Family)
..[Borziaceae] (Family)
..[Homeotrichaceae] (Family)
..[Homoeotrichaceae] (Family)
..[Microcoleaceae] (Family)
..[Phormidiaceae] (Family)
..[Pseudanabenaceae] (Family)
..[Sokoloviaceae] (Family)
..[Oscillatoriaceae] (Family)
....[Ammassolinea] (Genus)
....[Baaleninema] (Genus)
....[Koinonema] (Genus)
....[Laspinema] (Genus)
....[Moorea] (Genus)
....[Oscillatoria] (Genus)
....[Oscillatorioideae] (Subfamily)
....[Oxynema] (Genus)
....[Perforafilum] (Genus)
....[Phormidium] (Genus)
....[Planktothricoides] (Genus)
....[Plectonematoideae] (Subfamily)
....[Sodalinema] (Genus)
Authorship
SN2000 author citation
:
A. Engler, 1898, nom. bot. nov., nom. cons.
Original name, rank & spelling
:
Engler, A. 1898.
Syllabus
(ed. 2)
: 6 ("Fam.").
Description/Diagnosis in German
:
loc. cit.
Attributes
Botanical name, by original use (: nom. bot. nov.)
Ref:
LPSN, 2020-present. LPSN
: [8 Feb 2026].
Conserved name (nom. cons. [prop.]) [ICBN/ICN, 2012: Art. 14, Rec. 50E.1, App. II-IV]
Ref:
W. Greuter et al. (eds.), 1994.
Int. Code Bot. Nomencl.
(Tokyo Code)
: App. IIA (p. 92).
Types
Automatically typified subtaxon
:
Oscillatorioideae
(Subfamily)
Type
:
Oscillatoria
(Genus)
Vaucher
ex
Gomont (1892)
Ref:
J. Komárek et al., 2014
: App. 1 (p. 334); 9 Mar 2026.
[inferred]
Variants
Former rank
:
Oscillatorioideae
(Subfamily)
Ref:
O. Strunecký et al., 2023
: tbl. 1; 20 Mar 2026.
[inferred]
Name in subsequent code of nomenclature
:
Oscillatoriaceae
(Family)
Engler 1898 nom. cons.
Ref:
LPSN, 2020-present
: [8 Feb 2026].
Name in preferred code of nomenclature
:
Oscillatoriaceae
(Family)
Engler 1898 nom. cons.
Ref:
LPSN, 2020-present
: [8 Feb 2026].
Synonyms
Accepted name
:
I
(Family)
Including
:
Hormoscilloideae
(Subfamily)
Anagn. & Komárek (1988)
Including
:
Oscillatorioideae
(Subfamily)
Ref:
J. Komárek et al., 2014
: App. 1 (p. 334); 9 Mar 2026.
[inferred]
Including
:
Phormidiaceae
(Family)
Anagn. & Komárek (1988)
Ref:
J. Komárek et al., 2014
: App. 1 (p. 334); 9 Mar 2026.
[inferred]
Including
:
Phormidiaceae
(Family)
Anagn. & Komárek (1988)
Ref:
O. Strunecký et al., 2023
: tbl. 1; 15 Mar 2026.
[inferred]
Including
:
Plectonematoideae
(Subfamily)
Anagn. & Komárek (1988)
Ref:
J. Komárek et al., 2014
: App. 1 (p. 334); 9 Mar 2026.
[inferred]
Including
:
Schizotrichaceae
(Family)
Elenkin (1949)
Ref:
P.C. Silva, 1980
: 53-54, 54.
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