Name: Stratonostoc Elenkin 1931

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Stra.to.nos’toc. L. masc. n. stratus, stretched out (also as adjective perfect participle); N.L. neut. n. Nostoc, a cyanobacterial genus; N.L. neut. n. Stratonostoc, a stretched-out Nostoc

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): neuter (stem: Stratonostoc-), stra-to-NOS-tok

Type species: Stratonostoc commune (Vaucher ex Bornet and Flahault 1886) Elenkin 1931

Valid publication: Elenkin AA. O nekotorykh s"yedobnykh presnovodnykh vodoroslyakh [About some edible freshwater algae]. Priroda 1931; 1931:965-992.

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

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Nostoc Vaucher ex Bornet and Flahault 1886

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Polycoccus" Kützing 1843	heterotypic synonym, not validly published
    "Polycoccus" Kützing 1841	heterotypic synonym, not validly published
    Nostoc Vaucher ex Bornet and Flahault 1886	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
    Amorphonostoc Elenkin 1936	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)

• Notes:
  • 🧕 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 Nostoc Vaucher ex Bornet and Flahault 1886. 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.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Stratonostoe".
  • 🧍 See also Elenkin (1936). Publication: Elenkin AA. Sinezeleniye vodorosli SSSR. Monografiya presnovodnykh i nazemnykh S'yanofiseaye, obnaruzhennykh v predelakh SSSR. Obshchaya chast' [Blue-green algae of the USSR. Monograph of freshwater and terrestrial Syanofiseae found within the USSR. A common part]. Izdatel'stvo Akademii Nauk SSSR, Moscow & Leningrad, 1936.
  • 🧍 Stratonostoc Elenkin 1931 is illegitimate because its type species Stratonostoc commune (Vaucher ex Bornet and Flahault 1886) Elenkin 1931 is illegitimate, as it is a homotypic synonym of a type species with a genus name that has priority. 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.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 6
Total number of child taxa: 6

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Stratonostoc commune (Vaucher ex Bornet and Flahault 1886) Elenkin 1931	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), illegitimate name	synonym
    Stratonostoc gelatinosum (Schousboe ex Bornet 1880) Elenkin 1936	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), illegitimate name	in need of a replacement
    Stratonostoc linckia (Bornet ex Bornet and Flahault 1886) Elenkin 1936	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), illegitimate name	synonym
    Stratonostoc minutum (Desmazières ex Bornet and Flahault 1886) Elenkin 1936	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), illegitimate name	synonym
    Stratonostoc muscorum (Agardh 1812) Elenkin 1931	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), illegitimate name	in need of a replacement
    Stratonostoc verrucosum (Vaucher ex Bornet and Flahault 1886) Elenkin 1931	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), illegitimate name	synonym

Parent taxon: Nostocaceae Eichler 1886

Assigned by: Komarek J, Golubic S. Guide to the Nomenclature and formal taxonomic treatment of oxyphototroph prokaryotes (Cyanoprokaryotes). Unknown Publisher, Unknown City, 1990.

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Record number: 18076