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Order Nostocidea
Type genus: Nostoc Vaucher ex Bornet and Flahault 1886
Valid publication: Walton LB. Studies concerning organisms occurring in water supplies with particular reference to those found in Ohio. Part I. Ohio Biol. Surv. 1931; 5:1-86.
Nomenclatural status: inaccurate spelling and illegitimate (ICN [Botanical Code])
Preferred name: Nostocales corrig. Walton 1931
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Synonyms:
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Name Kind Nostochinae Borzì 1914 homotypic synonym, inaccurate spelling (ICN [Botanical Code]) "Nostochinae" Endlicher 1836 homotypic synonym, inaccurate spelling "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 "Nostocales" corrig. Thuret 1886 homotypic synonym, not validly published Nostocales Geitler 1925 homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), illegitimate name Nostocales corrig. Walton 1931 corrected spelling of name, 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:
- 🚃 The type genus of this order has alternatively been placed in the order Nostocales corrig. Borzì 1914. Publication: Geitler L. Synoptische Darstellung der Cyanophyceen in morphologischer und systematischer Hinsicht. Beihefte zum Botanischen Centralblatt 1925; 41:163-294.
- 🚃 The type genus of this order has alternatively been placed in the order Nostocales corrig. Borzì 1914. Publication: Borzì A. Studi sulle Mixoficee. I. Cenni generali - Systema Myxophycearum. Nuovo Giornale Botanico Italiano 1914; Ser 2 (21):307-360.
- 🚃 The type genus of this order has alternatively been placed in the order Nostocales corrig. Borzì 1914. Publication: Walton LB. Studies concerning organisms occurring in water supplies with particular reference to those found in Ohio. Part I. Ohio Biol. Surv. 1931; 5:1-86.
- 🧍 Later isonym of Nostocales Borzì 1914 (when corrected). 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
Assigned by:
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: 42317
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