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Abstract
The authority for the Cymbellaceae has been attributed to different authors in some diatom classifications. Different authorities can influence the priority of the name and, consequently, the stability of a taxon. In the most recent diatom classifications, the citation is erroneous attributed to Greville. These classifications are well known and cited and, therefore, this error can be easily propagated. Here I discuss the correct authority for this name in the light of the International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants, in order to maintain its stability.
Acknowledgement
I am thankful to Dr Paul Silva (in memoriam) for his help in clarifying this issue and for some of the instructive e-mail conversations concerning nomenclatural doubts.
ORCiD
Weliton José da Silva http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2693-4648