Name: Lightfootiella Hašler et al. 2018

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Light.foot.i.el’la. N.L. fem. dim. n. Lightfootiella, the generic name was used in honour to John Lightfoot (1735-1788), famous botanist and collector of type material

Gender: feminine (stem: Lightfootiell-)

Type species: Lightfootiella montana (Lightfoot 1777) Hašler et al. 2018

Valid publication: Hašler P, Pentecost A, Jahodářová E, Dvořák P, Poulíčková A. Taxonomic revision of Ulva montana (Lightfoot 1777) and description of a new genus of Lightfootiella (Cyanophyceae, Chroococcaceae). Phytotaxa 2018; 362:173-186.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), illegitimate name

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Sorospora Hassall 1845

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Sorospora Hassall 1845	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)

• Notes:
  • Strunecky et al. (2023) assigned this genus to the family Chroococcidiopsidaceae Komárek et al. 2014. Publication: Strunecky O, Ivanova AP, Mares J. An updated classification of cyanobacterial orders and families based on phylogenomic and polyphasic analysis. J Phycol 2023; 59:12-51.
  • For the type species of this genus another name is in use, which is affiliated with the genus Sorospora Hassall 1845. Publication: Hassall AH. A History of the British Freshwater Algae Voume 1. Highley, London, 1845.
  • Lightfootiella Hašler et al. 2018 is illegitimate because it includes the type species of Sorospora Hassall 1845 and thus is a superfluous name. Publication: McNeill J, Barrie FR, Buck WR, Demoulin V, Greuter W, Hawksworth DL, Herendeen PS, Knapp S, Marhold K, Prado J, et al. International Code of Nomenclature for Algae, Fungi and Plants (Melbourne Code). Koeltz Scientific Books, Königstein, 2012.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 1
Total number of child taxa: 1

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Lightfootiella montana (Lightfoot 1777) Hašler et al. 2018	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), illegitimate name	synonym

Parent taxon: Chroococcaceae Rabenhorst 1863

Assigned by: Hašler P, Pentecost A, Jahodářová E, Dvořák P, Poulíčková A. Taxonomic revision of Ulva montana (Lightfoot 1777) and description of a new genus of Lightfootiella (Cyanophyceae, Chroococcaceae). Phytotaxa 2018; 362:173-186.

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Record number: 6353