Family Nostocaceae

Name: Nostocaceae Eichler 1886

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov.

Etymology: Nos.toca’ce.ae. N.L. fem. pl. n. Nostocaceae, the Nostoc family

Gender: feminine

Type genus: Nostoc Vaucher ex Bornet and Flahault 1886

Valid publication: Eichler AW. Syllabus der Vorlesungen über specielle und medicinisch-pharmaceutische Botanik, 4. Aufl. Gebrüder Borntraeger, Berlin, 1886.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)

Taxonomic status: correct name

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 26
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 30
Total number of child taxa: 49

Parent taxon: Nostocales corrig. Borzì 1914

Assigned by: Strunecky O, Ivanova AP, Mares J. An updated classification of cyanobacterial orders and families based on phylogenomic and polyphasic analysis. J Phycol 2023; 59:12-51.

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Record number: 2012
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