Name: Pseudonostoc Elenkin 1949

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Pseu.do.nos’toc. Gr. neut. adj. pseudes, false; N.L. neut. n. Nostoc, a cyanobacterial genus; N.L. neut. n. Pseudonostoc, a false Nostoc

Gender, pronunciation: neuter (stem: Pseudonostoc-), pse͡u-do-NOS-tok

Type species: Pseudonostoc richteri Elenkin 1949

Valid publication: Elenkin AA. Monographia algarum Cyanophycearum aquidulcium et terrestrium in finibus URSS inventarum. Pars specialis (Systematica), Fasc. II. III. Hormogoneae (Geitl.) Elenk. Sumptibus Academiae Scientarum URSS, Mosqua & Leningrad, 1949.

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

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Isocystis Borzì ex Bornet and Flahault 1886

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 2
Total number of child taxa: 2

Parent taxon: Nostocaceae Eichler 1886

Assigned by: Komárek J, Anagnostidis K. Modern approach to the classification system of Cyanophytes 4 - Nostocales. Algological Studies 1989; 56:247-345.

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Record number: 17965
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