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: 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

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

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
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