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Name: "Nostocidae" Walton 1931

Category, proposed as: family, fam. nov.

Gender: feminine

Type genus: Nostoc Vaucher ex Bornet and Flahault 1886

Original publication: Walton LB. Studies concerning organisms occurring in water supplies with particular reference to those found in Ohio. Part I. Ohio Biol. Surv. 1931; 5:1-86.

Nomenclatural status: inaccurate spelling

Taxonomic status: misspelling (and no standing)

  • Notes:
    • 🚋 The type genus of this family has alternatively been placed in the family Nostocaceae Eichler 1886. Publication: Komárek J, Golubić S. Guide to the Nomenclature and formal taxonomic treatment of oxyphototroph prokaryotes (Cyanoprokaryotes). Published by the Authors, Třeboň and Boston, 1990.

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: 50001