Glaucophyta

Taxonavigation

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Divisio: Glaucophyta
Classis: Glaucophyceae

Name

Glaucophyta Skuja, Symb. Bot. Upsal. 9(3): 56. 1948

Type genus: Glaucocystis Itzigsohn, 1854

Synonyms

Glaucocystophyta L.Kies & B.P.Kremer, 1986

Alternative classifications

Kies & Kremer (1986)

Kies L. & Kremer B.P. (1986). Typification of the Glaucocystophyta. Taxon 35: 128–135, [1].

Division Glaucocystophyta Kies et Kremer, nomen novum. (Glaucophyta Skuja 1954, p. 56.)

Class Glaucocystophyceae Schaffner 1922, p. 131
- 1. Glaucocystales Bessey 1907, p. 6.
  - Glaucocystaceae G. S. West 1904, p. 317. (Glaucocystaceae Bohlin 1901, Table p. 25, nomen nudum.)
    - Glaucocystis Itzigsohn in Rabenhorst 1868, p. 417.
    - [Note: Coccoid endocyanomes of uncertain affiliation with the Glaucocystales (genera et species inquirendae) are:]
      - Archaeopsis Skuja 1954, nomen nudum, invalid.
      - Glaucocystopsis Bourrelly 1960, p. 416.
- 2. Cyanophorales Kies and Kremer, ordo novum.
  - Cyanophoraceae Kies and Kremer, familia nova.
    - Cyanophora Korshikov 1924, p. 57.
    - [Note: Monadoid endocyanomes of uncertain affiliation with the Cyanophorales (genera et species inquirendae) are:]
      - Peliaina Pascher 1929, p. 458.
      - Strobilomonas Schiller 1954, p. 119.
- 3. Gloeochaetales Kies and Kremer, ordo novum.
  - Gloeochaetaceae Skuja 1954, p. 56. (Gloeochaetaceae Bohlin 1901, Table p. 25, nomen nudum.)
    - Gloeochaete Lagerheim 1883, p. 39.
  - Glaucosphaeraceae Skuja 1954, p. 56.
    - Glaucosphaera Korshikov 1930, p. 222.
    - Cyanoptyche Pascher 1929, p. 459.
    - [A capsalean endocyanome of uncertain affiliation with the Glaucosphaeraceae (genus at species inquirendae) is:]
      - Chalarodora Pascher 1929, p. 460.

Kies & Kremer, in Margulis et al. (1990)

Kies, L. & Kremer, B.P., 1990. 12. Phylum Glaucocystophyta. In: Margulis, L., J.O. Corliss, M. Melkonian, D.J. Chapman (ed.). Handbook of Protoctista. Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Boston, p. 152-166. See Brands, S.J. (1989-2015), [2].

Kingdom Protoctista

Section III: Phyla with flagellated stages, but without complex sexual cycles
- Phylum 12. Glaucocystophyta
  - Class Glaucocystophyceae

References

Primary references

Kies, L. & Kremer, B.P. 1986. Typification of the Glaucocystophyta. Taxon 35: 128–135. DOI: 10.2307/1221049 Reference page.
Skuja, H. 1948. Taxonomie des Phytoplanktons einiger Seen in Uppland, Schweden. Symbolae Botanicae Upsalienses 9(3): 1–399, 39 pls. Reference page.

Additional references

Kies, L. & Kremer, B.P. 1990. "12. Phylum Glaucocystophyta", Pp. 152–166 in Margulis, L.; Corliss, J.O.; Melkonian, M.; & Chapman, D.J. (eds.) Handbook of Protoctista. Boston: Jones and Bartlett Publishers.
Nozaki, H.; Maruyama, S.; Matsuzaku, M.; Nakada, T.; Kato, S.; & Misawa, K. 2009. Phylogenetic positions of Glaucophyta, green plants (Archaeplastida) and Haptophyta (Chromalveolata) as deduced from slowly evolving nuclear genes. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 53(3): 872–880.
Price, D.C.; Steiner, J.M.; Yoon, H.S.; Bhattacharya, D.;; & Löffelhardt, W. 2016. "Glaucophyta", Pp. 1-65 in Archibald, J.M.; Simpson, A.G.B.; & Slamovits, C. (eds.). Handbook of the Protists. Springer. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-32669-6_42-1
Skuja, H. 1954. III. Abteilung: Glaucophyta. In: A. Engler's Syllabus der Pflanzenfamilien: mit besonderer Berücksichtigung der Nutzpflanzen nebst einer Übersicht über die Florenreiche und Florengebiete der Erde, 12th ed. I Band Allgemeiner Teil Bakterien bis Gymnospermen. (Melchior, H. & Werdermann, E. Eds), pp. 56–57. Berlin-Nikolassee: Borntraeger. Reference page.
Skuja, H. 1956. Taxonomische und biologische Studien über das Phytoplankton schwedischer Binnengewässer. Nova Acta Regiae Societatis Scientiarum Upsaliensis, Series 4, 16(3): 1–404. Reference page.

Links

Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2017. Glaucophyta AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. Accessed 2019-12-15.

Vernacular names

English: Glaucophytes
eesti: Liitvetikad, Glaukotsüstofüüdid
français: Glaucophytes
русский: глаукофи́ты
中文: 灰藻门

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