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Monotypic taxon: Family "Prochloraceae" Lewin (1977), nom. inval. (alga)
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Authorship

SN2000 author citation:  R.A. Lewin, 1977, nom. bot. nov., typ. inval.
Original name, rank & spelling:  Lewin, R.A. 1977b. Phycologia 16 (2): 217.
Original use as a botanical name:  op. cit.: 217 ("International Code of Botanical Nomenclature").
Description/Diagnosis in Latin:  loc. cit.
Description/Diagnosis in English:  loc. cit.

Attributes

Not validly published name (nom. inval.) [ICBN/ICN, 2012: Arts. 32-45] Ref: LPSN, 2020-present. LPSN: [12 Jan 2026].
Botanical name, by original use (: nom. bot. nov.) Ref: L. Hoffmann & W. Greuter, 1993. Taxon 42 (3): 642.
Type genus: not validly published (nom.[: typ.] inval.) [ICBN/ICN, 2018: Art. 18.1 Note 2 (family)] Ref: L. Hoffmann & W. Greuter, 1993. Taxon 42 (3): 643 ("Art. 10.4, 18.1"); LPSN[11 Jan 2026] ("Considered not validly published. Name of type genus not validly published.").

Types

Type: Prochloron (Genus) Lewin (1977), nom. inval. Ref: O. Strunecký et al., 2023: tbl. 1. [implicit]
Type, by original designation and monotypy: Prochloron didemni (Lewin) Lewin (1977), nom. inval. Ref: R.A. Lewin, 1977b: 217. [new]

Variants

Validly published name: Prochloraceae (Family) Lewin ex Florenzano, Balloni & Materassi (1986), nom. inval. Ref: L. Hoffmann & W. Greuter, 1993: 643. [new]

Synonyms

Synonymous name (objective): Prochloraceae (Family) (ex Lewin 1977) Florenzano et al. 1986 nom. inval.
In: I (Subsection)
In: Microcystaceae (Family) Elenkin 1933 Ref: LPSN, 2020-present: [12 Jan 2026].
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