Polycoccus Kützing, 1841, nom. inval.

Holotype species: Polycoccus punctiformis Kützing

Currently accepted name for the type species: Nostoc punctiforme Hariot

Original publication and holotype designation: Kützing, F.T. (1841). Die Umwandlung niederer Algen-Formen in höhere, so wie auch in Gattungen ganz verschiedener Familien und Klassen höherer Cryptogamen mit zelligem Bau. Natuurkundige verhandelingen van de Bataafsche Hollandsche Maatschappye der Wetenschappen te Haarlem, series 2 1: 1-120, pls A-S.

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The most recent alteration to this page was made on 2014-05-12 by M.D. Guiry.

Taxonomic status: This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Nostoc.

Most recent taxonomic treatment adopted: Silva, P.C. (1996-to date). Index Nominum Algarum, http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/INA.html. Updated continuously. . Berkeley: University of California.

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