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Pleurocapsaceae
Geitler (1925)
(alga)
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Entity:
[Chroococcales] (Order)
..[Anacystis] (Genus)
..[Aphanothecaceae] (Family)
..[Chamaesiphinaceae] (Family)
..[Chroococcaceae] (Family)
..[Cyanobacteriaceae] (Family)
..[Cyanobacteriaceae] (Family)
..[Cyanothrichaceae] (Family)
..[Cyanotrichaceae] (Family)
..[Entophysalidaceae] (Family)
..[Geminocystaceae] (Family)
..[Gomphosphaeriaceae] (Family)
..[Halothecaceae] (Family)
..[Halotheceaceae] (Family)
..[Merismooediaceae] (Family)
..[Micrococcaceae] (Family)
..[Microcystaceae] (Family)
..[Prochloraceae] (Family)
..[Spirulinaceae] (Family)
..[Stichosiphonaceae] (Family)
..[Synechococcus-group]
..[Tubiellaceae] (Family)
..[Pleurocapsaceae] (Family)
....[Chamaecalyx] (Genus)
....[Chondrocystis] (Genus)
....[Chroococcidium] (Genus)
....[Chroococcopsis] (Genus)
....[Cyanocystis] (Genus)
....[Cyanoderma] (Genus)
....[Cyanosaccus] (Genus)
....[Dalmatella] (Genus)
....[Dermocarpella] (Genus)
....[Epilithia] (Genus)
....[Foliisarcina] (Genus)
....[Hormathonema] (Genus)
....[Hydrococcus] (Genus)
....[Hyella] (Genus)
....[Myxohyella] (Genus)
....[Myxosarcina] (Genus)
....Nisada (Genus)
....[Odorella] (Genus)
....[Onkonema] (Genus)
....[†Palaeopleurocapsa] (Genus)
....[Pleurocapsa] (Genus)
....[Podocapsa] (Genus)
....[Radaisia] (Genus)
....[Sinaiella] (Genus)
....[Solentia] (Genus)
....[Stanieria] (Genus)
....[Tryponema] (Genus)
....[Xenococcus] (Genus)
....[Xenotholos] (Genus)
Authorship
SN2000 author citation
:
Geitler, 1925
Original name
:
Geitler, 1925: 238.
Attributes
Superfluous name formed from a legitimate generic name [IC[B]N, 2024: Art. 52.4 Ex. 18 (fam.)]
Ref:
P.C. Silva, 1980.
Regnum vegetabile
103
: 52 ("a superfluous name initially applied to a family that included
Hyella
").
Types
Nominotypical taxon of
:
Pleurocapsales
(Order)
Geitler (1925)
Type
:
Pleurocapsa
(Genus)
Thur. (1885)
Ref:
O. Strunecký et al., 2023
: tbl. 1; 21 Mar 2026.
[inferred]
Synonyms
Accepted name
:
II
(Family)
Synonymous name
:
Hyellaceae
(Family)
Borzì (1914)
Ref:
J. Komárek et al., 2014
: 308.
In
:
Hydrococcaceae
(Family)
Kützing (1843)
Ref:
L. Hoffmann et al., 2005
: tbl. 3 (p. 111: "incl.").
In
:
Hyellaceae
(Family)
Borzì (1914)
Ref:
J. Komárek et al., 2014
: App. 1 (p. 333); 8 Mar 2026.
[inferred]
Including
:
Xenococcaceae
(Family)
Ercegović (1932)
Ref:
O. Strunecký et al., 2023
: tbl. 1; 21 Mar 2026.
[inferred]
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28 Aug 2026