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Order Nostocales
Etymology: Nos.to.ca’les. N.L. fem. pl. n. Nostocales, the Nostoc order
Pronunciation (Latin), gender: nos-to-KA-les, feminine
Type genus: Nostoc Vaucher ex Bornet and Flahault 1886
Valid publication: Geitler L. Synoptische Darstellung der Cyanophyceen in morphologischer und systematischer Hinsicht. Beihefte zum Botanischen Centralblatt 1925; 41:163-294.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), illegitimate name
Correct name: Nostocales corrig. Borzì 1914
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Synonyms:
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Name Kind "Nostochinae" Endlicher 1836 homotypic synonym, inaccurate spelling Nostochinae Borzì 1914 homotypic synonym, inaccurate spelling (ICN [Botanical Code]) "Nostochineae" Thuret 1886 homotypic synonym, inaccurate spelling Nostocales corrig. Borzì 1914 homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) Stigonematales (ex Geitler 1925) Cavalier-Smith 2002 heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, rejected name Stigonematidea Walton 1931 heterotypic synonym, inaccurate spelling (ICN [Botanical Code]) Nostocales Cavalier-Smith 2002 homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, rejected name Kenellales Korde 1973 heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), illegitimate name Nostocidea Walton 1931 homotypic synonym, inaccurate spelling and illegitimate (ICN [Botanical Code]) "Nostocales" corrig. Thuret 1886 homotypic synonym, not validly published Nostocales corrig. Walton 1931 homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), illegitimate name Stigonematales corrig. Walton 1931 heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
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Notes:
- 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Mostocales"; "Nestocales"; "Noatocales"; "Noctocales"; "Nootocales"; "Nosfocales"; "Noslocales"; "Nostecales"; "Nostncales"; "Nostocacales"; "Nostocinales"; "Nostococcales"; "Nostogales"; "Vostocales".
- 🧍 Later isonym of Nostocales Borzì 1914. Publication: Borzì A. Studi sulle Mixoficee. I. Cenni generali - Systema Myxophycearum. Nuovo Giornale Botanico Italiano Ser 2 1914; 21:307-360.
Parent taxon: Chroococcophyceae Hollerbach et al. 1953
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LPSN automated production system. The following publication is only one of the sources consulted.
It may or may not mention this taxon name. —
Aleksovski B, Krstić S, Guiry MD. The names of phyla and classes of blue-green algae (cyanobacteria, cyanophytes) and a typified name: Cyanobacteriophyta Oren, Mareš et Rippka. Fottea 2025; 25:212-217. 
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Record number: 51511
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