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Taxon: Class Cyanophyceae Hauck (1885) (alga)
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Authorship

SN2000 author citation:  Hauck, in L. Rabenhorst, ed., 1885, nom. bot. nov., nom. descript.
Original name:  Hauck, F. 1885. In L. Rabenhorst (ed.), Kryptogamen-Flora von Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz (ed. 2): [1-575].
Subsequent publication:  Bennett, A.W. & Murray, G. 1889. A Handbook of Cryptogamic Botany: 426 ("Class XXVII. - Cyanophyceæ."). [nom. illeg. (LPSN[12 Mar 2026])]. ≡
Subsequent publication:  Schaffner, J.H. 1909. Ohio J. Sci. 9 (4): 446. [nom. illeg. (LPSN[12 Mar 2026])].

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].

Variants

Incorrect spelling: Cyanobacteria (Class) "Stanier (1974)", nom. inval. Ref: M.A. Ruggiero et al., 2015b: 3; 13 Jun 2026. [inferred]

Synonyms

Accepted name: Cyanoprokaryota (Class) Komárek & Golubić 1990 nom. nud. Ref: L. Hoffmann et al., 2005: tbl. 3 (p. 110).
Accepted name (objective): Cyanobacteria (Class) "Stanier 1974" nom. inval.
Accepted name (subjective): Chroococcophyceae (Class) Hollerbach et al. 1953 Ref: LPSN, 2020-present: [12 Mar 2026] ("heterotypic").
Synonymous name: Myxophyceae (Class) Ref: E.I. Friedmann, 1982: [45].
Synonymous name: Phycobacteria (Subphylum) Cavalier-Smith 2002 stat. inval. Ref: M.A. Ruggiero et al., 2015b: table 2 (p. 3). [implicit]
Synonymous name: Schizophyceae (Class) Cohn (1879) Ref: E.I. Friedmann, 1982: [45].

Vernacular Names (German)

Full name: Blaualgen Ref: F. Weberling & H.O. Schwantes, 1972: 185.
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