Name: Nicholsonia Korde 1973

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Ni.chol.so’ni.a. N.L. fem. n. Nicholsonia, named to honor Henry Alleyne Nicholson, British paleontologist

Gender, pronunciation: feminine (stem: Nicholsoni-), ni-k^hol-SO-ni-a

Type species: Nicholsonia glomerata Korde 1973

Valid publication: Korde KB. Vodorosli Kembriya [Cambrian Algae]. Trudy Paleontologicheskogo instituta Akademii Nauk SSSR 1973; 139:1-349.

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Korde (1973) assigned this genus to the family Kenellaceae Korde 1973. Publication: Korde KB. Vodorosli kembrija [Cambrian Algae]. Trudy Paleontologicheskogo instituta Akademii Nauk SSSR 1973; 139:1-349.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Micholsonia"; "Nichelsonia"; "Nichofsonia"; "Nichoisonia"; "Nicholsenia"; "Nicholsonis"; "Nicholsosia"; "Wichelasonia".

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 4
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 4
Total number of child taxa: 4

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Nicholsonia composita Korde 1973	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Nicholsonia glomerata Korde 1973	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Nicholsonia grandis Korde 1973	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Nicholsonia involutans Korde 1973	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name

Parent taxon: Girvanellaceae Luchinina 1975

Assigned by: Vachard D. Cyanobacteria. In: Alderton D, Elias SA (eds), Encyclopedia of Geology, Academic Press, Unknown City, 2021, p. 446-460.

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Record number: 54551