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Family Nostocaceae
Name: Nostocaceae corrig. Frank 1886
Etymology: Nos.to.ca’ce.ae. N.L. fem. pl. n. Nostocaceae, the Nostoc family
Pronunciation (Latin), gender: nos-to-KA-ke-a͡e, feminine
Type genus: Nostoc Vaucher ex Bornet and Flahault 1886
Valid publication: Frank AB. Dr. Johannes Leunis Synopsis der Pflanzenkunde. Aufl. 3. Band. 3 Specielle Botanik. Kryptogamen. Hahn'sche Buchhandlung, Hannover, 1886.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), illegitimate name
Correct name: Nostocaceae Eichler 1886
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Synonyms:
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Name Kind Isocystaceae (Borzì 1886) Elenkin 1917 heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) "Nostoceae" Kützing 1843 homotypic synonym, inaccurate spelling Pseudonostocaceae Elenkin 1949 heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) Nostocaceae Wolle 1887 homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), illegitimate name Camptylonemopsidaceae Dutt et al. 1975 heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) Nostochaceae Frank 1886 other spelling of name, inaccurate spelling and illegitimate (ICN [Botanical Code]) Nostocaceae Eichler 1886 homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) "Fortieaceae" Komárek et al. 2014 heterotypic synonym, not validly published Leptobasaceae Elenkin 1917 heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), illegitimate name "Nostocidae" Walton 1931 homotypic synonym, inaccurate spelling
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Notes:
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🛺 The type genus of this family has been placed in the family Nostocaceae Eichler 1886.
Publication:
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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- 🚋 The type genus of this family has alternatively been placed in the family Nostocaceae Eichler 1886. Publication: Komarek J, Golubic S. Guide to the Nomenclature and formal taxonomic treatment of oxyphototroph prokaryotes (Cyanoprokaryotes). Unknown Publisher, Unknown City, 1990.
- 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Mostocaceae"; "Naostocaceae"; "Nastocaceae"; "Noestocaceae"; "Nosfocaceae"; "Nosiocaceae"; "Noslocaceae"; "Nosmcaceae"; "Nosrocaceae"; "Nostccaceae"; "Nostocacees"; "Nostockaceae"; "Nostococcaceae"; "Nostooaceae"; "Nostoohaceae"; "Nostoraceae"; "Vostocaceae"; "Xostocaceae".
- 🧍 Later isonym of Nostocaceae Eichler 1886. Publication: Eichler AW. Syllabus der Vorlesungen über specielle und medicinisch-pharmaceutische Botanik, 4. Aufl. Gebrüder Borntraeger, Berlin, 1886.
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🛺 The type genus of this family has been placed in the family Nostocaceae Eichler 1886.
Publication:
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.
Parent taxon: Nostocales corrig. Borzì 1914
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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: 48835
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