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Taxon: Class "Cyanobacteria" "Stanier 1974" nom. inval. (prokaryote)
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Authorship

SN2000 author citation:  "R.Y. Stanier, in R.E. Buchanan & N.E. Gibbons, eds., 1974", nom. inval.
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.].
Unavailable subsequent rank (orig. spell.):  Stanier, R.Y. & Cohen-Bazire, G. 1977. Ann. Rev. Microbiol. 31: 227 ("The only logical taxonomic treatment of the cyanobacteria is to place them in the superkingdom Prokaryotae, as a division, class, or order of bacteria. ... Cyanobacterial nomenclature, hitherto subject to the rules of the Botanical Code, should in this event come under the rules of the Bacteriological Code.").
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Attributes

Effectively, but not validly, published name (nom. inval.) [ICNP, 2019: Rule 25, App. 7 (IJSEM)] Ref: G.M. Garrity et al. 2007. Taxon. Outl. Bacteria Archaea (v. 7.7, pt. 2): 43.

Synonyms

Accepted name: Cyanoprokaryota (Class) Komárek & Golubić 1990 nom. nud. Ref: L. Hoffmann et al., 2005: tbl. 3 (p. 110).
Accepted name (subjective): Chroococcophyceae (Class) Hollerbach et al. 1953 Ref: LPSN, 2020-present: [13 Jun 2026]; 13 Jun 2026. [inferred]
Synonymous name: Blue-Green Bacteria ([unranked])
Synonymous name (objective): Cyanophyceae (Class) Hauck (1885)
Including: Coccogoneae (Class) Thuret (1875)
Including: Hormogoneae (Class) Thuret (1875)
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