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Taxon: Phylum "Cyanobacteria" (ex Stanier 1974) Cavalier-Smith 2002 stat. inval. - cyanobacteria (prokaryote)
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Authorship

SN2000 author citation:  R.Y. Stanier, in R.E. Buchanan & N.E. Gibbons, eds., 1974 ex T. Cavalier-Smith, 2002, nom. rev., stat. praeinit.
Unavailable original name & spelling:  Stanier, R.Y. 1974. In R.E. Buchanan & N.E. Gibbons (eds.), Bergey's Man. Determ. Bacteriol. (ed. 8): 22. [division, nom. vernac.].
Original name, rank & spelling:  Cavalier-Smith, T. 2002a. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 52: tbl. 1 (p. 10: "Division ... (Stanier 1974) nom. rev. (ex Stanier & Cohen-Bazire, 1977 as class)"; "phyla (=divisions)"). [implicit]

Attributes

Prokaryotic name (: nom. prok.) [ICNB/ICNP] Ref: T. Cavalier-Smith, 2002a. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 52: tbl. 1 (p. 10: "Bacteriological (= Prokaryotic) Code"). [implicit]
Pre-starting-point rank (stat. inval.[: praeinit.]) [ICNP, 2022: p. 1, Rules 5b, 8 (phylum, <2021)] Ref: S.J. Brands (comp.), 1989-present. Syst. Nat. 2000: 26 Nov 2025.

Variants

Effectively published name: Cyanobacteria (Phylum) Cavalier-Smith 1998 nom. inval. Ref: T. Cavalier-Smith, 2002a: tbl. 1 (p. 10). [new] [implicit]
Different rank: Cyanobacteriales (Order) (Stanier 1973) Gibbons and Murray 1978 nom. inval.
Current rank: Cyanobacteria (Division) (ex Stanier 1974) Cavalier-Smith 2002 stat. inval. Ref: T. Cavalier-Smith, 2002a: tbl. 1 (p. 10: "phyla (=divisions)"). [new]
Name in original code of nomenclature: Cyanophyta (Phylum) Geitler (1925) Ref: L. Margulis & K.V. Schwartz, 1998: 78.
Name in original code of nomenclature: Cyanophyta (Division) Ref: L. Margulis & K.V. Schwartz, 1998: 78. [implicit]
Name in former code of nomenclature: Cyanophyta (Phylum) Geitler (1925) Ref: M.A. Ruggiero et al., 2015b: table 2 (p. 3).

Synonyms

Accepted name: Cyanophycota (Division)
Accepted name (subjective): Cyanobacteriota (Phylum) Oren et al. 2022 Ref: Species 2000, 2001-present: 10 Apr 2025; ~LPSN[13 Jun 2026].
Synonymous name: Blue-Green Algae (Phylum) Ref: L. Margulis & K.V. Schwartz, 1982
Synonymous name: Blue-Green Bacteria ([unranked]) Ref: L. Margulis & K.V. Schwartz, 1982
Synonymous name: Cyanobionta (Kingdom)
Synonymous name (objective): Cyanochloronta (Division)
Synonymous name (objective): Cyanophycota (Division)
Including: Chloroxybacteria (Phylum) Margulis and Schwartz 1982 nom. ined. Ref: L. Margulis & K.V. Schwartz, 1998: 78.
Including: Gloeobacteria (Subphylum) Cavalier-Smith 2002 stat. inval.
Including: Phycobacteria (Subphylum) Cavalier-Smith 1998 nom. inval.
Including: Phycobacteria (Subphylum) Cavalier-Smith 2002 stat. inval.
Including: Prochlorophycota (Division) (R.A. Lewin 1976)

Vernacular Names (English)

Full name: cyanobacteria
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