Genus Sorospora

Name: Sorospora Hassall 1845

Category, proposed as: genus, gen. nov.

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 (Latin): 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 Volume 1. Highley, London, 1845.

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Lightfootiella Hašler et al. 2018	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), illegitimate name

• 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 Bichatia Turpin 1828. Publication: Trevisan VBA. Nomenclator algarum, ou collection des noms imposées aux plantes de la famille des algues. Imprimerie du Seminaire, Padoue, 1845.
  • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Gloeocapsa Kützing 1843. Publication: Kützing FT. Phycologia generalis oder Anatomie, Physiologie und Systemkunde der Tange. Mit 80 farbig gedruckten Tafeln, gezeichnet und gravirt vom Verfasser. F.A. Brockhaus, Leipzig, 1843.
  • 🚋 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.
  • 🚋 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 Microcystis Kützing 1833. Publication: Kützing FT. Beitrag zur Kenntniss über die Entstehung und Metamorphose der niedern vegetabilischen Organismen, nebst einer systematischen Zusammenstellung der hieher gehörigen niedern Algenformen. Linnaea 1833; 8:335-384.
  • 🚋 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: "Porospora"; "Soropora"; "Sorospva".
  • 🧍 According to Komarek and Golubic (1990) originally assigned to Cyanobacteria but probably mixture of several epilithic cyanophyte species. Publication: Komárek J, Golubić S. Guide to the Nomenclature and formal taxonomic treatment of oxyphototroph prokaryotes (Cyanoprokaryotes). Published by the Authors, Třeboň and Boston, 1990.

Subdivision:

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

• Child taxa:

  • 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

Parent taxon: Microcystaceae Elenkin 1933

Assigned by: Komárek J, Golubić S. Guide to the Nomenclature and formal taxonomic treatment of oxyphototroph prokaryotes (Cyanoprokaryotes). Published by the Authors, Třeboň and Boston, 1990.

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