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Genus Sorospora
Etymology: So.ro’spo.ra. Gr. fem. n. soros, a heap; Gr. fem. n. spora, a seed, and, in biology, a spore; N.L. fem. n. Sorospora, a heap of spores
Gender, pronunciation: feminine (stem: Sorospor-), so-RO-spo-ra
Type species: Sorospora montana (Lightfoot 1777) Hassall 1845
Valid publication: Hassall AH. A History of the British Freshwater Algae Vol. 1. Highley, London, 1845.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
Taxonomic status: correct name
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Synonyms:
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Name Kind Lightfootiella Hašler et al. 2018 homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), illegitimate name
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Notes:
- 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus [Ulva]. Publication: Lightfoot J. Flora scotica: or, a systematic arrangement, in the Linnaean method, of the native plants of Scotland and the Hebrides. Vol. II. B. White at Horace's Head, in Fleet-Street, London, 1777.
- 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Bichatia Turpin 1828. Publication: Trevisan VBA. Saggio di una monografia delle Alghe Coccotalle. Tipi Del Seminario, Padova, 1848.
- 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Gloeocapsa Kützing 1843. Publication: Wille N. Algologische Notizen XXV-XXIX. Nyt Magazin for Naturvidenskaberne 1919; 56:1-60.
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🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Lightfootiella Hašler et al. 2018.
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.
- 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Anacystis Meneghini 1837. Publication: Drouet F, Daily WA. A synopsis of the coccoid Myxophyceae. Butler University Botanical Studies 1952; 10:220-223.
- 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Soropora"; "Sorospva".
- 🧍 According to Komarek and Golubic (1990) originally assigned to Cyanobacteria but probably mixture of several epilithic cyanophyte species. Publication: Komarek J, Golubic S. Guide to the Nomenclature and formal taxonomic treatment of oxyphototroph prokaryotes (Cyanoprokaryotes). Unknown Publisher, Unknown City, 1990.
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 3
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 4
Total number of child taxa: 4
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status Sorospora grumosa Hassall 1845 validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) correct name Sorospora montana (Lightfoot 1777) Hassall 1845 validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) correct name Sorospora ralfsii (Harvey 1841) Hassall 1845 validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) correct name Sorospora virescens Hassall 1845 validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) synonym
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Parent taxon: Microcystaceae Elenkin 1933
Assigned by: Komarek J, Golubic S. Guide to the Nomenclature and formal taxonomic treatment of oxyphototroph prokaryotes (Cyanoprokaryotes). Unknown Publisher, Unknown City, 1990.
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Record number: 18003
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