Etymology:
Nos.toch’i.um. N.L. neut. n.Nostoc, a cyanobacterium genus (Nostoch); N.L. neut. n.Nostochium, a Nostoc-like organism
Gender:
neuter (stem: Nostochi-)
Original publication:
Link HF. De algis aquaticis in genera disponendis. Unknown Publisher, Berlin, 1820.
Nomenclatural status:
not validly published
Taxonomic status:
preferred name (not correct name)
Notes:
🧕 Komarek and Golubic (1990) assigned this genus to the subfamily "Nostocoideae".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.
😟 A nomenclatural type has not been designated.
🧍 Komarek and Golubic (1990) emphasize that this name is a pre-starting-point synonym.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.
Subdivision:
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0 Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 0 Total number of child taxa: 1
Assigned by:
Komárek J, Golubić S. Guide to the Nomenclature and formal taxonomic treatment of oxyphototroph prokaryotes (Cyanoprokaryotes). Published by the Authors, Třeboň and Boston, 1990.
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Record number:
17826
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