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Monotypic taxon: Genus Prochloron R.A. Lewin 1977 [ICBN] (prokaryote)

Entity:

Concise hierarchy

(Domain) Bacteria - (Phylum) Cyanobacteria - (Class) Cyanobacteria - (Order) Chroococcales - (Family) Prochloraceae

Subsequent positions

Chloroxybacteria (Phylum) Margulis and Schwartz 1982

Ref: L. Margulis & K.V. Schwartz, 1982: 44. [assumed]

Current position

Prochloraceae (Family) R.A. Lewin (1977)

Ref: J. Komárek & T. Hauer, 2004-present: 29 Sep 2007.

Alternative positions

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

Historical positions

*Chroococcales* (Order) Wettst. (1924)	Ref: L. Margulis & K.V. Schwartz, 1998: 78, 81. [rough position]
*Phycobacteria* (Subphylum) Cavalier-Smith 1998	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	Ref: L. Margulis & K.V. Schwartz, 1982: 44. [rough position]

Number of Subtaxa

2024	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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