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Taxon: Class "Prochlorophyceae" 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").
Source for the authorship:  Hoffmann, L. & Greuter, W. 1993. Taxon 42 (3): 644 ("Lewin (1977b)").

Validation

Validating description/diagnosis: Prochlorophyta (Division) Lewin (1976), nom. inval. Ref: R.A. Lewin, 1977b: 217. [new]

Attributes

Not validly published name (nom. inval.) [ICBN/ICN, 2012: Arts. 32-45] Ref: LPSN, 2020-present. LPSN: [11 Jan 2026].
Botanical name, by original use (: nom. bot. nov.) Ref: R.A. Lewin, 1977b. Phycologia 16 (2): 217. [new]
Validly published name [ICBN/ICN, 2012: Arts. 32-45] Ref: L. Hoffmann & W. Greuter, 1993. Taxon 42 (3): 643-644. [false (12 Jan 2026)].
Type genus: not validly published (nom.[: typ.] inval.) [ICBN/ICN, 2018: Art. 18.1 Note 2 (family)] Ref: LPSN, 2020-present. LPSN: [12 Jan 2026]; 11 Jan 2026 ("explicitly designated type species"). [implicit]
Descriptive name (: nom. descript.) [ICBN/ICN, 2012: Sect. 1, Art. 16.1(b) (>family)] Ref: L. Hoffmann & W. Greuter, 1993. Taxon 42 (3): 643-644. [false (12 Jan 2026)].

Types

Type, by original designation and monotypy: Prochloron didemni (Lewin) Lewin (1977), nom. inval. Ref: R.A. Lewin, 1977b: 217. [new]

Synonyms

Accepted name: Chloroprokaryota (Class) Komárek & Golubić 1990 nom. nud. Ref: J. Komárek & S. Golubić, [2005]: 7.
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