Entity:

Authorship

SN2000 author citation	:	R.A. Lewin, 1976, nom. bot. nov., typ. inval.
Original name, rank & spelling	:	Lewin, R.A. 1976. Nature 261: 698 ("division").
Subsequent rank (orig. spell.)	:	Whittaker, R.H. & Margulis, L. 1978. BioSystems 10: tbl. 2 (p. 12: "Phylum").
Subsequent publication	:	Möhn, E. 1984. Syst. Phylog. Lebewesen 1: 112 ("Stamm"[phylum]).

Attributes

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. [implicit]

Equivalent rank

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

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

Accepted name	:	*Chloroprokaryota* (Class) Komárek & Golubić 1990 nom. nud.		Ref: J. Komárek & S. Golubić, [2005]: 9.
Accepted name	:	*Chloroxybacteria* (Phylum) Margulis and Schwartz 1982 nom. ined.		Ref: L. Margulis & K.V. Schwartz, 1982