Name: Nostoc Vaucher ex Bornet and Flahault 1886
Etymology: Nos’toc. Anglo-Saxon n. nosthryl, nostril; German neut. n. Nasenloch, nostril; N.L. neut. n. Nostoc, named because of the slimy nature of the colonies (originally Nostoch)
Gender, pronunciation (Latin): neuter (stem: Nostoc-), NOS-tok
Type species: Nostoc commune Vaucher ex Bornet and Flahault 1886
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
Valid publication: Bornet É, Flahault C. Revision des Nostocacées hétérocystées contenues dans les principaux herbiers de France (quatrième et dernier fragment). Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Botanique, Septième Série 1886; 7:177-262.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
Taxonomic status: correct name
| Name | Kind |
|---|---|
| "Polycoccus" Kützing 1841 | heterotypic synonym, not validly published |
| "Polycoccus" Kützing 1843 | heterotypic synonym, not validly published |
| Stratonostoc Elenkin 1931 | heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), illegitimate name |
| Amorphonostoc Elenkin 1936 | heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) |
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Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 95
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 104
Total number of child taxa: 124
| Name | Nomenclatural status | Taxonomic status |
|---|---|---|
| Nostoc alatosporum Sant'Anna et al. 2007 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
| Nostoc album Gardner 1927 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
| "Nostoc amparaii" Walter et al. 2017 | not validly published | preferred name |
| Nostoc amplissimum Setchell 1899 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
| Nostoc antarctica West and West 1911 | inaccurate spelling (ICN [Botanical Code]) | misspelling |
| Nostoc antarcticum corrig. West and West 1911 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | synonym |
| "Nostoc azollae" Strasburger 1873 | not validly published | preferred name |
| Nostoc belmonticum Archibald 1967 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
| Nostoc bicalyptratum Skuja 1937 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
| Nostoc borneti Gain 1911 | inaccurate spelling (ICN [Botanical Code]) | misspelling |
| Nostoc bornetii corrig. Gain 1911 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
| Nostoc borzioides Skinner and Entwisle 2002 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
| "Nostoc botryoides" (Linné 1753) Agardh 1817 | not validly published | preferred name |
| Nostoc breve Kumar et al. 2024 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
| Nostoc brittonii Gardner 1927 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
| Nostoc caeruleum Lyngbye ex Bornet and Flahault 1886 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | synonym |
| Nostoc calcicola Brébisson ex Bornet and Flahault 1886 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
| Nostoc carneum Agardh ex Bornet and Flahault 1886 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
| Nostoc catenatum Dangeard 1949 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
| Nostoc cavernicola Miscoe and Johansen 2016 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
| Nostoc citrisporum Prasad and Mehrotra 1977 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
| Nostoc coimbatorense Laloraya and Mitra 1974 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
| Nostoc commune Vaucher ex Bornet and Flahault 1886 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
| "Nostoc commune" Vaucher 1803 | not validly published, lectotype | synonym |
| Nostoc conglomeratum Hirose 1962 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
| Nostoc conicocellulare Huber-Pestalozzi 1925 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
| Nostoc copiosum Kogan and Jazkulijeva 1972 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
| Nostoc cordubense corrig. Prosperi 1985 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
| Nostoc cordubensis Prosperi 1985 | inaccurate spelling (ICN [Botanical Code]) | misspelling |
| Nostoc crassisporum Geitler 1933 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
| Nostoc cuticulare Bornet and Flahault 1886 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
| "Nostoc cycadae" Maruyama and Fukushima 1963 | not validly published | preferred name |
| Nostoc desertorum Reháková and Johansen 2007 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
| Nostoc disciforme Fritsch 1912 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
| Nostoc edaphicum Kondratyeva 1962 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
| Nostoc elgonense Naumann 1925 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
| Nostoc ellipsosporum Rabenhorst ex Bornet and Flahault 1886 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
| Nostoc entophytum Bornet and Flahault 1886 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
| Nostoc epilithicum Ercegović 1925 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
| Nostoc flagelliforme Harvey ex Molinari-Novoa et al. 2016 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
| Nostoc fonticola Brabez 1941 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
| Nostoc fritschii (Mitra 1950) Schwabe and El Ayouty 1966 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | synonym |
| Nostoc fuscescens Fritsch 1912 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
| Nostoc gelatinosum Schousboe ex Bornet and Flahault 1886 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
| Nostoc ghotgewadense corrig. Hegde and Somanna 1992 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
| Nostoc ghotgewadensis Hegde and Somanna 1992 | inaccurate spelling (ICN [Botanical Code]) | misspelling |
| Nostoc globosum Kumar et al. 2024 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
| Nostoc hatei Dixit 1936 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
| Nostoc hederulae (Kützing 1849) Meneghini 1889 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
| Nostoc humifusum Carmichael ex Bornet and Flahault 1886 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
| "Nostoc hyalinum" Roemer 1845 | not validly published | preferred name |
| Nostoc hyalinum Bennett 1886 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | synonym |
| Nostoc imperfectum Schwabe and El Ayouty 1966 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
| Nostoc interbryum Sant'Anna et al. 2007 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
| Nostoc intestinale An 1992 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
| Nostoc jammuense Kumar et al. 2024 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
| Nostoc kihlmanii Lemmermann 1900 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
| "Nostoc leptonema" Reinsch 1876 | not validly published | preferred name |
| Nostoc letestui Frémy 1930 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
| Nostoc lichenoides Vaucher ex Frank 1886 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
| Nostoc linckia Bornet ex Bornet and Flahault 1886 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
| Nostoc loculare corrig. An 1992 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
| Nostoc locularis An 1992 | inaccurate spelling (ICN [Botanical Code]) | misspelling |
| Nostoc longstaffii Fritsch 1912 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
| Nostoc lophotelos An 1992 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
| Nostoc maculiforme Bornet and Flahault 1886 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
| Nostoc membranaceum Gardner 1927 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
| Nostoc microscopicum Carmichael ex Bornet and Flahault 1886 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | synonym |
| Nostoc minutum Desmazières ex Bornet and Flahault 1886 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
| Nostoc montejanii Carmona-Jiménez et al. 2023 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
| Nostoc muscorum Agardh ex Bornet and Flahault 1886 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | synonym |
| "Nostoc myriococcum" Montagne 1856 | not validly published | preferred name |
| Nostoc neudorfense Singh et al. 2020 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
| "Nostoc nubilosum" Schousboe 1892 | not validly published | synonym |
| Nostoc nylstromicum Claassen 1961 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
| Nostoc opalinum Bennett 1890 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
| Nostoc oromo Mesfin and Johansen 2020 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
| Nostoc oryzae (Fritsch 1949) Komárek and Anagnostidis 1989 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
| Nostoc pachydermaticum Gain 1911 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
| Nostoc paludosum Kützing ex Bornet and Flahault 1886 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
| Nostoc paradoxum Welwitsch ex West and West 1897 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
| Nostoc parmelioides Kützing ex Bornet and Flahault 1886 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
| Nostoc peltigerae Letellier 1918 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
| Nostoc piscinale Kützing ex Bornet and Flahault 1886 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
| Nostoc planctonicum Poretzky and Tschernov 1929 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
| "Nostoc polysaccum" Reinsch 1876 | not validly published | preferred name |
| "Nostoc polysporum" Reinsch 1876 | not validly published | preferred name |
| Nostoc pruniforme Agardh ex Bornet and Flahault 1886 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | synonym |
| Nostoc pseudogelatinosum Claassen 1961 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
| Nostoc punctiforme (Kützing 1841) Hariot 1891 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
| Nostoc punense corrig. Singh 2016 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | synonym |
| Nostoc punensis Singh 2016 | inaccurate spelling (ICN [Botanical Code]) | misspelling |
| Nostoc ramosum Ercegović 1925 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
| Nostoc repandum West and West 1897 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
| "Nostoc reyesii" Walter et al. 2017 | not validly published | preferred name |
| Nostoc rivulare Filarszky 1900 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
| Nostoc sergianum Borzì 1892 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
| Nostoc shensiense Jao 1948 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
| Nostoc sikkimense Pal et al. 2025 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
| Nostoc simulans Gardner 1927 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
| Nostoc sinuatum An 1992 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
| Nostoc sphaericum Vaucher ex Bornet and Flahault 1886 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
| Nostoc sphaeroides Kützing ex Bornet and Flahault 1886 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
| Nostoc sphaerosporum Gardner 1927 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
| Nostoc spinosa Tiwari 1979 | inaccurate spelling (ICN [Botanical Code]) | misspelling |
| Nostoc spinosum corrig. Tiwari 1979 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
| Nostoc spongiaeforme Agardh ex Bornet and Flahault 1886 | inaccurate spelling (ICN [Botanical Code]) | misspelling |
| Nostoc spongiiforme corrig. Agardh ex Bornet and Flahault 1886 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
| Nostoc spumigena (Mertens 1822) Drouet 1978 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
| Nostoc subtilissimum Reinsch 1890 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
| Nostoc symbioticum Wettstein 1915 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
| Nostoc thermophilum Vouk 1916 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
| Nostoc thermotolerans Suradkar et al. 2017 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
| Nostoc tibeticum Jao and Lee 1966 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
| Nostoc tlalocii Carmona-Jiménez et al. 2023 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
| Nostoc torulosum Hirose 1962 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
| Nostoc undulatum Archibald 1967 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
| Nostoc vailantii Behre 1953 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
| Nostoc verrucosum Vaucher ex Bornet and Flahault 1886 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
| Nostoc vesicarium Frank 1886 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
| Nostoc viride Sant'Anna et al. 2007 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
| Nostoc wichmannii Weber-Van Bosse 1913 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
| Nostoc willei Gardner 1927 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
| Nostoc zetterstedtii Areschoug ex Bornet and Flahault 1886 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | synonym |
Parent taxon: Nostocaceae Eichler 1886
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