Name: Ortonella Garwood 1914

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Or.to.nel’la. N.L. fem. dim. n. Ortonella, pertaining to the village of Orton, England

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): feminine (stem: Ortonell-), or-to-NEL-la

Type species: Ortonella furcata Garwood 1914

Valid publication: Garwood EJ. III. Some new Rock-building Organisms from the Lower Carboniferous Beds of Westmorland. Geological Magazine 1914; 1:265-271.

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 11
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 11
Total number of child taxa: 11

Parent taxon: [Garwoodiaceae]

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Record number: 43148
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