Name: "Nostocophycidae" Hoffmann et al. 2005

Category: Subclass

Proposed as: subclass. nov.

Etymology: N.L. fem. pl. n. Nostocophycidae, the Nostoc subclass

Gender: feminine

Type genus: Nostoc Vaucher ex Bornet and Flahault 1886

Original publication: Hoffmann L, Komárek J, Kastovsky J. System of cyanoprokaryotes (cyanobacteria) - state in 2004. Algological Studies 2005; 117:95-115.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

• Notes:
  • Hoffmann et al. (2005) assigned this subclass to the class Cyanophyceae Schaffner 1909. Publication: Hoffmann L, Komárek J, Kaštovský J. System of cyanoprokaryotes (cyanobacteria) – state in 2004. Algol. Stud. 2005; 117:95-115.
  • Hoffmann et al. (2005) assigned the order Nostocales Borzì 1914 to this subclass. Publication: Hoffmann L, Komárek J, Kaštovský J. System of cyanoprokaryotes (cyanobacteria) – state in 2004. Algol. Stud. 2005; 117:95-115.
  • Komarek et al. (2014) assigned the order Chroococcidiopsidales Komárek et al. 2014 to this subclass. Publication: Komárek J, Kaštovský J, Mareš J, Johansen JR. Taxonomic classification of cyanoprokaryotes (cyanobacterial genera) 2014, using a polyphasic approach. Preslia 2014; 86:295-335.
  • This taxon name is occasionally misprinted in some sources as: "Nostochophycidae"; "Nostocophycideae".

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