Authorship

SN2000 author citation	:			R.A. Lewin, 1976, nom. bot. nov., typ. inval.
Original name, rank & spelling	:			Lewin, R.A. 1976. Nature 261: 698 ("new division").
Original use as a botanical name	:			op. cit.: 698 ("Latin (requisite for all new plant taxa)", "algae").
Description/Diagnosis in Latin	:			loc. cit.
Source for the authorship	:			Hoffmann, L. & Greuter, W. 1993. Taxon 42 (3): 644 ("Lewin (1976)").

Validation

Validated name

:

Prochlorophyceae (Class) Lewin (1977), nom. inval.

Ref: R.A. Lewin, 1977b: 217. [new]

Attributes

Not validly published name (nom. inval.) [ICBN/ICN, 2012: Arts. 32-45]				Ref: LPSN, 2020-present. LPSN: [11 Jan 2026].
Botanical name, by original use (: nom. bot. nov.)				Ref: R.A. Lewin, 1976. Nature 261: 698. [new]
Validly published name [ICBN/ICN, 2012: Arts. 32-45]				Ref: L. Hoffmann & W. Greuter, 1993. Taxon 42 (3): 644. [false (12 Jan 2026)].
Type genus: not validly published (nom.[: typ.] inval.) [ICBN/ICN, 2018: Art. 18.1 Note 2 (family)]				Ref: R.A. Lewin, 1976. Nature 261: 698 ("Formal descriptions of the new class, order, family, genus and type species will be presented elsewhere."). [new]
Descriptive name (: nom. descript.) [ICBN/ICN, 2012: Sect. 1, Art. 16.1(b) (>family)]				Ref: L. Hoffmann & W. Greuter, 1993. Taxon 42 (3): 644. [false (12 Jan 2026)].

Types

Type, by subsequent designation

:

Prochloron didemni (Lewin) Lewin (1977), nom. inval.

Ref: R.A. Lewin, 1977b: 217. [new]

Variants

Current rank

:

Prochlorophyta (Phylum) Lewin (1976), nom. inval.

Ref: E. Möhn, 1984: 112; [<12 Jan 2026]. [inferred]

Synonyms

Accepted name

:

Chloroprokaryota (Class) Komárek & Golubić 1990 nom. nud.

Ref: J. Komárek & S. Golubić, [2005]: 9.