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Monotypic taxon: Genus "Prochloron" Lewin (1977), nom. inval. (alga)
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Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Bacillati - (Phylum) Cyanobacteria - (Class) Cyanophyceae - (Order) Chroococcales - (Family) Prochloraceae

Original position

Prochloraceae (Family) Lewin (1977), nom. inval. Ref: R.A. Lewin, 1977b: 217.

Subsequent positions

Chloroxybacteria (Phylum) Margulis and Schwartz 1982 nom. ined. Ref: L. Margulis & K.V. Schwartz, 1982: 44. [assumed]

Current position

Prochloraceae (Family) Lewin (1977), nom. inval. Ref: O. Strunecký et al., 2023: tbl. 1; CyanoDB2[21 Feb 2026]; CyanoDB(29 Sep 2007).

Alternative positions

Chloroxybacteria (Phylum) Margulis and Schwartz 1982 nom. ined. Ref: L. Margulis & K.V. Schwartz, 1982: 44. [rough position]
I (Subsection) Ref: L. Margulis & K.V. Schwartz, 1998: 78.
Phycobacteria (Subphylum) Cavalier-Smith 1998 nom. inval. Ref: T. Cavalier-Smith, 1998: 218. [rough position]
Prochlorophycota (Division) (R.A. Lewin 1976) Ref: E.I. Friedmann, 1982: 53.

Historical positions

Prochloraceae (Family) Lewin (1977), nom. inval. Ref: O. Strunecký et al., 2023: tbl. 1.
Prochloraceae (Family) Lewin (1977), nom. inval. Ref: J. Komárek et al., 2014: App. 1 (p. 332).
Prochloraceae (Family) Lewin (1977), nom. inval. Ref: L. Hoffmann et al., 2005: tbls. 2 (p. 108), 3 (p. 110).
Prochlorales (Order) Lewin (1977), nom. inval. Ref: J. Komárek & S. Golubić, [2005]: 34. [rough position] [implicit]
I (Subsection) Ref: G.M. Garrity & J.G. Holt, 2001a: 157.
Chroococcales (Order) Ardissone (1887) Ref: L. Margulis & K.V. Schwartz, 1998: 78, 81. [rough position]
Phycobacteria (Subphylum) Cavalier-Smith 1998 nom. inval. Ref: T. Cavalier-Smith, 1998: table 2 (p. 218). [rough position]
Prochlorophycota (Division) (R.A. Lewin 1976) Ref: E.I. Friedmann, 1982: 53.
Chloroxybacteria (Phylum) Margulis and Schwartz 1982 nom. ined. Ref: L. Margulis & K.V. Schwartz, 1982: 44. [rough position]

Number of Subtaxa

2026 Available in Systema Naturae 2000 1s
1989-present Systema Naturae 2000 1s
1982 S.P. Parker 1s
1982 E.I. Friedmann 1s
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