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 (Latin): 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

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Isocystis Borzì ex Bornet and Flahault 1886	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
    "Pseudonostoc" Elenkin 1935	homotypic synonym, not validly published

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family Pseudonostocaceae Elenkin 1949. Publication: Elenkin AA. Sinezelenye vodorosli SSSR. Spetsial’naya (sistematicheskaya) chast’. Vyp. 2. Izdatel'stvo Akademii Nauk USSR, Moskva & Leningrad, 1949.
  • 🧕 Elenkin (1949) assigned this genus to the family Pseudonostocaceae Elenkin 1949. 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.
  • 🧕 Komarek and Golubic (1990) assigned this genus to the subfamily "Nostocoideae". Publication: Komarek J, Golubic S. Guide to the Nomenclature and formal taxonomic treatment of oxyphototroph prokaryotes (Cyanoprokaryotes). Unknown Publisher, Unknown City, 1990.
  • 🚂 For the type species of this genus another name is in use, which is affiliated with the genus Isocystis Borzì ex Bornet and Flahault 1886. Publication: Komárek J, Anagnostidis K. Modern approach to the classification system of Cyanophytes 4 - Nostocales. Algological Studies 1989; 56:247-345.
  • ❗ Pseudonostoc is the correct name instead if this genus is regarded as a separate genus (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another genus whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority).

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

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Pseudonostoc minutissimum (Kützing 1843) Elenkin 1949	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	orphaned species
    Pseudonostoc richteri Elenkin 1949	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym

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