The name Nostoc is a slight homonymy case. This name is used according to the rules of several different nomenclatural codes.

Nostoc Vaucher ex Bornet & Flahault, 1886

Botany

Taxonomy

Cyanobacteria 4
Cyanophyceae 4
Nostocales 4
Algues 895
Nostocaceae 4

Species

Nostoc amplissimum Setch. 3 1
Nostoc botryosum Rabenh. 1 1
Nostoc boussingaultii Mont. 4
Nostoc caeruleum Lgb. 24 20
Nostoc calcicola 3 3
Nostoc carneum C.Agardh 34 16
Nostoc caspicum 2 2
Nostoc coeruleum Lyngb. 6 5
Nostoc comminutum Kütz. 1 1
Nostoc commune Vaucher ex Bornet & Flahault, 1888 244 209
Nostoc coriaceum 1 1
Nostoc crispum De Not. 1
Nostoc cuticulare (Bréb.) Bornet & Flahault 9 8
Nostoc cuticularia 1 1
Nostoc diplonema 1
Nostoc edule Mont. & Berk. 5 2
Nostoc ellipsosporum Rab. 11 10
Nostoc entophytum 2 2
Nostoc falsum 1 1
Nostoc fitzgeraldii 2 2
Nostoc flos aquae 1
Nostoc foliaceum 12 12
Nostoc furfuraceum Kütz. 5 5
Nostoc gelatinosum 2 2
Nostoc granulatum 1 1
Nostoc gregarium 2 2
Nostoc hederulae 4 4
Nostoc humifusum 15 15
Nostoc intricatum (Berkeley) Menegh. 1 1
Nostoc laciniatum Ag. 4 3
Nostoc lichenoides Vauch. 7 6
Nostoc linckia Roth 49 46
Nostoc macrosporum Menegh. 1 1
Nostoc maculiforme Bornet & Flahault 1 1
Nostoc maugeotii 1 1
Nostoc meougeotii 1 1
Nostoc microscopicum Carmichael ex Bornet & Flahault, 1886 21 18
Nostoc microtis Mont. 1
Nostoc minutissimum 4 4
Nostoc minutum Desm. 3 2
Nostoc molle 1 1
Nostoc muscorum C.Agardh 49 46
Nostoc myriococcum Mont. 3
Nostoc paludosum 1 1
Nostoc parasiticum 1 1
Nostoc parmelioides Kütz. 8 7
Nostoc passerinianum (De Notaris) Bornet 2 2
Nostoc piscinale Kütz. 16 14
Nostoc pringlei 1 1
Nostoc pruniforme C. Agardh ex Bornet & Flahault, 1886 21 13
Nostoc punctiforme 3 3
Nostoc punctiformis 1 1
Nostoc purpurascens Kütz. 4
Nostoc riparium 1 1
Nostoc rivulare 44 44
Nostoc rufescens C.Agardh 2 1
Nostoc rupestre Kütz. 2
Nostoc sp. Vaucher ex Bornet & Flahault, 1886 19 17
Nostoc sphaericum Vauch. 73 64
Nostoc sphaeroides Kütz. 4 3
Nostoc sphoeroides 4 4
Nostoc spongiaeforme C.Agardh 14 13
Nostoc spongiiforme 3 3
Nostoc spumigena (Mertens) Drouet 2 2
Nostoc stagninum Suhr 1
Nostoc tenax 3 3
Nostoc verrucorum L. 2
Nostoc verrucosum Ag. 111 105
Nostoc vesicarium 8 8
Nostoc zetterstedtii 3 3

899 Specimens registered in collections

Collection Number of specimens (or sets)
Cryptogams (PC) 895
Cyanobacteria (PMC) 4

Nostoc Vaucher ex Bornet & Flahault, 1886

Zoology