Nostoc pruniforme C.Agardh ex Bornet & Flahault
Classification:
Empire Prokaryota
Kingdom Bacteria
Subkingdom Negibacteria
Phylum Cyanobacteria
Class Cyanophyceae
Subclass Nostocophycideae
Order Nostocales
Family Nostocaceae
Genus Nostoc
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Spiddal, Co. Galway, Ireland; on soil near shore. 24 Sep 2006. Michael Guiry. © Michael Guiry (mike.guiry@nuigalway.ie).

Spiddal, Co. Galway, Ireland; on soil near shore. 24 Sep 2006. Michael Guiry. © Michael Guiry (mike.guiry@nuigalway.ie).

Spiddal, Co. Galway, Ireland; on soil near shore. 24 Sep 2006. Michael Guiry. © Michael Guiry (mike.guiry@nuigalway.ie).

Spiddal, Co. Galway, Ireland; on soil near shore. 24 Sep 2006. Michael Guiry. © Michael Guiry (mike.guiry@nuigalway.ie).
Publication details
Nostoc pruniforme C.Agardh ex Bornet & Flahault 1888: 215
Original publication: Bornet, É. & Flahault, C. (1886 '1888'). Revision des Nostocacées hétérocystées contenues dans les principaux herbiers de France. Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Botanique, Septième Série 7: 177-262.
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Type species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Nostoc is Nostoc commune Vaucher ex Bornet & Flahault.
Status of name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Nostoc pruniforme var. andicola Spegazzini
Nostoc pruniforme f. maximum Rabenhorst
Nostoc pruniforme f. olivaceum Rabenhorst
Nostoc pruniforme C.Agardh 1812
Distribution by country
Detailed distribution with sources
(as Nostoc pruniforme C.Agardh)
Europe: Spain (Alvarez-Cobelas & Gallardo 1988).
(as Nostoc pruniforme C.Agardh ex Bornet & Flahault)
Europe: Britain (Whitton et al. 2003), Germany (Täuscher 2011), Romania (Caraus 2012).
South-west Asia: Israel (Vinogradova et al. 2000).
Australia and New Zealand: New Zealand (Broady & Merican 2012), Queensland (Bostock & Holland 2010).
Pacific Islands: Hawaiian Islands (Sherwood 2004).
SAG Cultures
SAG Cultures may be viewed at http://sagdb.uni-goettingen.de/showstrains.php?genus=Nostoc&species=pruniforme
SCCAP Cultures
Cultures from the Scandinavian Culture Collection of Algae at the University of Copenhagen (SCCAP) and Protozoa may be viewed at http://www.sccap.dk/search/algaebase.asp?Genus=Nostoc&Species=pruniforme
Created: 11 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry
Verified by: 29 October 2011 by M.D. Guiry
Accesses: This record has been accessed by users 5633 times since it was created.
References
(Please note: only references with the binomials in the title are included. The information is from the Literature database.)
Dodds, W.K. & Castenholz, R.W. (1987). Effects of grazing and light on the growth of Nostoc pruniforme (Cyanobacteria). British Phycological Journal 23: 219-227, 6 figs, 2 tables.
Waern, M. (1938). Om Cladophora aegagropila, Nostoc pruniforme och andra alger i Lilla Ullevifjärden, Mälaren. Botaniska Notiser 1938: 129-142.
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2013.
AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. http://www.algaebase.org; searched on 18 June 2013.
Algaebase taxon LSID: urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:54095




