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Taxon: Phylum Cyanophyta Geitler (1925) - blue-green algae (prokaryote)
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Authorship

SN2000 author citation:  Geitler, 1925, nom. bot. nov., nom. descript.

Attributes

Botanical name, by original use (: nom. bot. nov.) Ref: LPSN, 2020-present. LPSN: [12 Mar 2026].
Descriptive name (: nom. descript.) [ICBN/ICN, 2012: Sect. 1, Art. 16.1(b) (>family)] Ref: LPSN, 2020-present. LPSN: [12 Mar 2026] ("descriptive name").

Variants

Equivalent rank: Cyanophyta (Division) Ref: S.J. Brands (comp.), 1989-present: 6 Mar 2014.
Name in subsequent code of nomenclature: Cyanobacteria (Phylum) (ex Stanier 1974) Cavalier-Smith 2002 stat. inval. Ref: L. Margulis & K.V. Schwartz, 1998: 78.
Name in current code of nomenclature: Cyanobacteria (Phylum) (ex Stanier 1974) Cavalier-Smith 2002 stat. inval. Ref: M.A. Ruggiero et al., 2015b: table 2 (p. 3).

Synonyms

Accepted name (subjective): Cyanobacteria (Phylum) Garcia-Pichel et al. (2020) Ref: O. Strunecký et al., 2023: abstract; LPSN[12 Mar 2026]. [indirect]
Accepted name (subjective): Cyanobacteriota (Phylum) Oren et al. 2022 Ref: LPSN, 2020-present: [12 Mar 2026] ("heterotypic").
Accepted name (subjective): Cyanoprokaryota (Class) Komárek & Golubić 1990 nom. nud. Ref: J. Komárek & S. Golubić, [2005]: 9.
Junior subjective synonym: Cyanobacteria (Phylum) Garcia-Pichel et al. (2020) Ref: LPSN, 2020-present: [12 Mar 2026] ("heterotypic").

Vernacular Names (English)

Full name: blue-green algae
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