Name: Pseudonostocaceae Elenkin 1949

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov.

Etymology: Pseu.do.nos.to.ca’ce.ae. N.L. fem. pl. n. Pseudonostocaceae, the Pseudonostoc family

Pronunciation, gender: pse͡u-do-nos-to-KA-ke-a͡e, feminine

Type genus: Pseudonostoc Elenkin 1949

Valid publication: Elenkin AA. Sinezelenye vodorosli SSSR. Spetsial’naya (sistematicheskaya) chast’. Vyp. 2. Izdatel'stvo Akademii Nauk USSR, Moskva & Leningrad, 1949.

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

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Nostocaceae Eichler 1886

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Nostocaceae Wolle 1887	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), illegitimate name
    "Nostoceae" Kützing 1843	heterotypic synonym, inaccurate spelling
    Nostocaceae corrig. Frank 1886	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), illegitimate name
    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)
    Nostochaceae Frank 1886	heterotypic synonym, inaccurate spelling and illegitimate (ICN [Botanical Code])
    Nostocaceae Eichler 1886	heterotypic 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	heterotypic synonym, inaccurate spelling

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Elenkin (1949) assigned this family to the order Oscillatoriales Schaffner 1922. Publication: Elenkin AA. Sinezeleniye vodorosli SSSR. Monografiya presnovodnykh i nazemnykh S'yanofiseaye, obnaruzhennykh v predelakh SSSR. Spetsial'naya (sistematicheskaya) chast', vyp. II. III. Hormogoneae (Geitl.) Elenk. (okonchaniye). Izdate'stvo Akademii Nauk SSSR, Moscow, 1949.
  • 🧒 Elenkin (1949) assigned the genus Camptothrix West and West 1897 to this family. Publication: Elenkin AA. Sinezeleniye vodorosli SSSR. Monografiya presnovodnykh i nazemnykh S'yanofiseaye, obnaruzhennykh v predelakh SSSR. Spetsial'naya (sistematicheskaya) chast', vyp. II. III. Hormogoneae (Geitl.) Elenk. (okonchaniye). Izdate'stvo Akademii Nauk SSSR, Moscow, 1949.
  • 🧒 Elenkin (1949) assigned the genus Pseudanabaena Lauterborn 1915 to this family. Publication: Elenkin AA. Sinezeleniye vodorosli SSSR. Monografiya presnovodnykh i nazemnykh S'yanofiseaye, obnaruzhennykh v predelakh SSSR. Spetsial'naya (sistematicheskaya) chast', vyp. II. III. Hormogoneae (Geitl.) Elenk. (okonchaniye). Izdate'stvo Akademii Nauk SSSR, Moscow, 1949.
  • 🧒 Elenkin (1949) assigned the genus Isocystis Borzì ex Bornet and Flahault 1886 to this family. Publication: Elenkin AA. Sinezeleniye vodorosli SSSR. Monografiya presnovodnykh i nazemnykh S'yanofiseaye, obnaruzhennykh v predelakh SSSR. Spetsial'naya (sistematicheskaya) chast', vyp. II. III. Hormogoneae (Geitl.) Elenk. (okonchaniye). Izdate'stvo Akademii Nauk SSSR, Moscow, 1949.
  • 🧒 Elenkin (1949) assigned the genus Pseudonostoc Elenkin 1949 to this family. Publication: Elenkin AA. Sinezeleniye vodorosli SSSR. Monografiya presnovodnykh i nazemnykh S'yanofiseaye, obnaruzhennykh v predelakh SSSR. Spetsial'naya (sistematicheskaya) chast', vyp. II. III. Hormogoneae (Geitl.) Elenk. (okonchaniye). Izdate'stvo Akademii Nauk SSSR, Moscow, 1949.
  • 🧒 Gruia (1965) assigned the genus Sinaiella Gruia 1965 to this family. Publication: Gruia L. Sinaiella terricola Gruia n.g., n.sp., its systematic position and phylogenetic importance. Revista de Biologia (Lisbon) 1965; 5:165-170.
  • 🛺 The type genus of this family has been placed in the family Nostocaceae Eichler 1886. Publication: Komárek J, Anagnostidis K. Modern approach to the classification system of Cyanophytes 4 - Nostocales. Algological Studies 1989; 56:247-345.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Pseudonasioaaceae"; "Pseudonoslacaceae".
  • ❗ Pseudonostocaceae is the correct name instead if this family is regarded as a separate family (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another family whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority).
  • 🧍 According to Silva (1980) this superfluous name was initially applied to a family that included Camptothrix, the type of Camptotrichaceae W. West et G. S. West 1897, and Isocystis, the type of Isocystaceae (Borzì) Elenkin 1917. See also the comment on Nostocaceae. 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.

Parent taxon: Nostocales corrig. Borzì 1914

Assigned by: LPSN automated production system. The following publication is only one of the sources consulted. It may or may not mention this taxon name. — 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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