Nostoc expansum Harvey & Bailey, nom. inval. 1851
Publication Details
Nostoc expansum Harvey & Bailey, nom. inval. 1851: 372
Published in: Harvey, W.H. & Bailey, J.W. (1851). [Dr. Gould presented, in behalf of Professors W.H. Harvey of Trinity College, Dublin, and J.W. Bailey of West Point, descriptions of seventeen new species of Algae collected by the United States Exploring Expedition...]. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History 3: 370-373.
Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Nostoc is Nostoc commune Vaucher ex Bornet & Flahault.
Status of Name
The taxonomic or nomenclatural status (or both) of this entity is in some way unresolved and requires further investigation.
Origin of Species Name
Participle A (Latin), expanded, spread out (Stearn 1973).
Created: 13 March 2006 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 06 August 2014
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 06 August 2014. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 26 April 2024