Name: Nostocaceae Eichler 1886

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov.

Etymology: 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

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Pseudonostocaceae Elenkin 1949	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
    Isocystaceae (Borzì 1886) Elenkin 1917	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
    Camptylonemopsidaceae Dutt et al. 1975	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
    Hydrocorynaceae Elenkin 1949	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)

• Notes:
  • Eichler (1886) assigned the genus "Sirosiphon" Kützing ex Frank 1886 to this family. Publication: Eichler AW. Syllabus der Vorlesungen über specielle und medicinisch-pharmaceutische Botanik, 4. Aufl. Gebrüder Borntraeger, Berlin, 1886.
  • Eichler (1886) assigned the genus Scytonema Agardh ex Bornet and Flahault 1886 to this family. Publication: Eichler AW. Syllabus der Vorlesungen über specielle und medicinisch-pharmaceutische Botanik, 4. Aufl. Gebrüder Borntraeger, Berlin, 1886.
  • Eichler (1886) assigned the genus Rivularia (Roth 1797) Agardh ex Bornet and Flahault 1886 to this family. Publication: Eichler AW. Syllabus der Vorlesungen über specielle und medicinisch-pharmaceutische Botanik, 4. Aufl. Gebrüder Borntraeger, Berlin, 1886.
  • Hoffmann et al. (2005) assigned the genus "Cyanospira" Florenzano et al. 1985 to this family. Publication: Hoffmann L, Komárek J, Kaštovský J. System of cyanoprokaryotes (cyanobacteria) – state in 2004. Algol. Stud. 2005; 117:95-115.
  • Hoffmann et al. (2005) assigned the genus Raphidiopsis Fritsch and Rich 1929 to this family. Publication: Hoffmann L, Komárek J, Kaštovský J. System of cyanoprokaryotes (cyanobacteria) – state in 2004. Algol. Stud. 2005; 117:95-115.
  • Hoffmann et al. (2005) assigned the genus Cylindrospermopsis Seenayya and Subba Raju 1972 to this family. Publication: Hoffmann L, Komárek J, Kaštovský J. System of cyanoprokaryotes (cyanobacteria) – state in 2004. Algol. Stud. 2005; 117:95-115.
  • Hoffmann et al. (2005) assigned the genus Anabaena Bory ex Bornet and Flahault 1886 to this family. Publication: Hoffmann L, Komárek J, Kaštovský J. System of cyanoprokaryotes (cyanobacteria) – state in 2004. Algol. Stud. 2005; 117:95-115.
  • Hoffmann et al. (2005) assigned the genus Aulosira Kirchner ex Bornet and Flahault 1886 to this family. Publication: Hoffmann L, Komárek J, Kaštovský J. System of cyanoprokaryotes (cyanobacteria) – state in 2004. Algol. Stud. 2005; 117:95-115.
  • Hoffmann et al. (2005) assigned the genus Aphanizomenon Morren ex Bornet and Flahault 1886 to this family. Publication: Hoffmann L, Komárek J, Kaštovský J. System of cyanoprokaryotes (cyanobacteria) – state in 2004. Algol. Stud. 2005; 117:95-115.
  • Hoffmann et al. (2005) assigned the genus Nodularia Mertens ex Bornet and Flahault 1886 to this family. Publication: Hoffmann L, Komárek J, Kaštovský J. System of cyanoprokaryotes (cyanobacteria) – state in 2004. Algol. Stud. 2005; 117:95-115.
  • Hoffmann et al. (2005) assigned the genus Anabaenopsis Miller 1923 to this family. Publication: Hoffmann L, Komárek J, Kaštovský J. System of cyanoprokaryotes (cyanobacteria) – state in 2004. Algol. Stud. 2005; 117:95-115.
  • Hoffmann et al. (2005) assigned the genus "Dolichospermum" Thwaites ex Ralfs 1850 to this family. Publication: Hoffmann L, Komárek J, Kaštovský J. System of cyanoprokaryotes (cyanobacteria) – state in 2004. Algol. Stud. 2005; 117:95-115.
  • Komarek and Golubic (1990) assigned the genus "Nostocus" to this family. — Komarek and Golubic (1990) assigned the subfamily "Anabaenoideae" to this family. — Komarek and Golubic (1990) assigned the subfamily "Nostocoideae" to this family. Publication: Komarek J, Golubic S. Guide to the Nomenclature and formal taxonomic treatment of oxyphototroph prokaryotes (Cyanoprokaryotes). Unknown Publisher, Unknown City, 1990.
  • Lee et al. (2021) assigned the genus Pseudoaliinostoc Lee et al. 2021 to this family. Publication: Lee N-J, Bang S-D, Kim T, Ki J-S, Lee O-M. Pseudoaliinostoc sejongens gen. & sp. nov. (Nostocales, Cyanobacteria) from floodplain soil of the Geum River in Korea based on polyphasic approach. Phytotaxa 2021; 479:55-70.
  • Sergeev (1994) assigned the genus "Eosphaeronostoc" to this family. Publication: Sergeev VN. Microfossils in cherts from the Middle Riphean (Mesoproterozoic) Avzyan Formation, southern Ural Mountains, Russian Federation. Precambrian Res 1994; 65:231-254.
  • Tawong et al. (2021) assigned the genus "Pongpadung" to this family. Publication: Tawong W, Pongcharoen P, Pongpadung P, Ponza S. Validation of "Neowollea manoromense" Tawong, nom. inval. (Cyanophyta, Nostocaceae) from Thailand. Notulae Algarum 2021; 214:1-2.
  • This taxon name is occasionally misprinted in some sources as: "Nosiocaceae"; "Noslocaceae"; "Nosmcaceae"; "Nosrocaceae"; "Nostccaceae"; "Nostococcaceae"; "Nostooaceae"; "Nostoohaceae"; "Xostocaceae".
  • Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Cai et al. (2020), Chavadar et al. (2021). Editors in search of reviewers are advised to consider additional criteria such as whether a taxon is covered by one of the ICSP subcommittees.
  • The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: CCALA: 11; MCC: 10; SAG: 5; DSM: 3; NIVA-CYA: 2; COI: 1.
  • According to Silva (1980) as circumscribed in the Index Nominum Genericorum, the Nostocaceae include Nodularia Mertens ex Bornet et Flahault 1886 (nom. cons), the type of Nodulariaceae Elenkin 1916; Isocystis, the type of lsocystaceae (Borzì) Elenkin 1917; Aulosira, the type of Aulosiraceae (Bornet et Flahault) Woronichin 1926; Anabaena Bory ex Bornet et Flahault 1886, which is a later homonym and the type of the family name Anabaenaceae Elenkin 1938, which is not in accordance with the rules of the ICN; Aphanizomenon, the type of Aphanizomenaceae Elenkin 1938; and "with a query" Pseudonostoc, the type of Pseudonostocaceae Elenkin 1949, apparently a superfluous name initially applied to a family that included both Camptothrix, the type of Camptotrichaceae W. West et G. S. West 1897, and Isocystis. Silva (1980) also remarks: "The provision for later starting points in the nomenclature of filamentous blue-green algae complicates the task of ascertaining correct family names. Four commonly recognized families – Nostocaceae, Oscillatoriaceae, Rivulariaceae, and Scytonemataceae – were described at least 40 years before the starting points. There would be no problem if these families had been recognized by the starting-point monographers, but in fact those authors placed all filamentous bluegreen algae in one family, Hormogoneae Bornet et Flahault 1886, bearing a descriptive name and hence invalid. The authorships of Nostocaceae, Oscillatoriaceae, Rivulariaceae, and Scytonemataceae indicated herein correspond to the first valid post-starting point use of these names that I have been able to discover.". Publication: Silva PC. Names of classes and families of living algae with special reference to their use in the Index Nominum Genericorum (Plantarum). Bohn, Scheltema & Holkema, Utrecht, 1980.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 37
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 39
Total number of child taxa: 55

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Aliinostoc Bagchi et al. 2017	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Amazonocrinis Alvarenga et al. 2021	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Anabaenothrix Randhawa 1936	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    "Anabaina" Bory 1822	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    Archaeoellipsoides Horodyski and Donaldson 1980	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Atlanticothrix Alvarenga et al. 2021	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Belmontia Archibald 1967	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Camptylonemopsis Desikachary 1948	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    "Coleospermopsis" Hauer et al. 2014	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    Compactonostoc Cai and Li 2019	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Constrictifilum Chavadar et al. 2021	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Cronbergia Komárek et al. 2010	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Cyanocohniella Kaštovský et al. 2014	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Cylindrospermum Kützing ex Bornet and Flahault 1886	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    "Cystocoleus" Thuret 1875	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    Dendronalium Alvarenga et al. 2021	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Desikacharya Saraf et al. 2019	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Desmonostoc Hrouzek and Ventura 2013	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Echeverriopsis Kufferath 1929	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Goleter Miscoe and Johansen 2016	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Halotia Genuário et al. 2015	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Heterocyanococcus Kufferath 1929	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    "Hilsea" Kirchner 1878	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    "Hormosiphon" Kützing 1843	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    Hormothamnion Grunow ex Bornet and Flahault 1886	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Hydrocoryne Schwabe ex Bornet and Flahault 1886	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Isocystis Borzì ex Bornet and Flahault 1886	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Komarekiella Hentschke et al. 2017	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Limnanthe Kützing ex Forti 1907	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Limnochlide Kützing ex Hansgirg 1892	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    "Linckia" Wiggers 1780	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    "Linkia" Micheli ex Adanson 1763	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    Macrospermum Komárek 2008	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Minunostoc Cai and Li 2019	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Mojavia Řeháková and Johansen 2007	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    "Monormia" Berkeley 1833	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    "Nematonostoc" Nylander 1873	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    Neowollea Tawong 2021	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Nostoc Vaucher ex Bornet and Flahault 1886	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    "Nostochium" Link 1820	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    Parakomarekiella Soares et al. 2021	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    "Polycoccus" Kützing 1841	not validly published	synonym (and no standing)
    Pseudonostoc Elenkin 1949	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Richelia Schmidt 1902	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Roholtiella Bohunická et al. 2015	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    "Spelaea" Miscoe et al. 2014	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    "Spermosira" Kützing 1843	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    "Sphaerozyga" Agardh 1827	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    Thiochaete Welsh 1961	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    "Tolypothrichopsis" Hauer et al. 2014	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    Trichormus (Ralfs ex Bornet and Flahault 1886) Komárek and Anagnostidis 1989	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    "Undina" Fries 1825	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    Veteronostocale Schopf and Blacic 1971	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Violetonostoc Cai and Li 2020	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Wollea Bornet and Flahault 1886	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name

Parent taxon: Nostocales Borzì 1914

Assigned by: Hoffmann L, Komárek J, Kaštovský J. System of cyanoprokaryotes (cyanobacteria) – state in 2004. Algol. Stud. 2005; 117:95-115.

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