Nostocales
The Nostocales are an order of cyanobacteria containing most of its species. It includes filamentous forms, both simple or branched, and both those occurring as single strands or multiple strands within a sheath. Some members show a decrease in width from the base, and some have heterocysts.
11 branches of this order, most-observed first
Nostocaceae
familyNostocaceae
Aphanizomenonaceae
familyAphanizomenonaceae
Rivulariaceae
familyRivulariaceae
Tolypothrichaceae
familyTolypothrichaceae
Stigonemataceae
familyStigonemataceae
Scytonemataceae
familyScytonemataceae
Hapalosiphonaceae
familyHapalosiphonaceae
Microchaetaceae
familyMicrochaetaceae
Heteroscytonemataceae
familyHeteroscytonemataceae
Chlorogloeopsidaceae
familyChlorogloeopsidaceae
Symphyonemataceae
familySymphyonemataceae
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 67336.