Name: Sorospora montana (Lightfoot 1777) Hassall 1845

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Ulva montana Lightfoot 1777

Etymology: mon.ta’na. L. fem. adj. montana, belonging to the mountains

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … mon-TA-na, feminine

Holotype: G2.3

Valid publication: Hassall AH. A History of the British Freshwater Algae Voume 1. Highley, London, 1845.

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Ulva montana Lightfoot 1777	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
    Gloeocapsa montana (Lightfoot 1777) Wille 1919	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), illegitimate name, later homonym
    Anacystis montana (Lightfoot 1777) Drouet and Daily 1952	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
    Bichatia montana (Lightfoot 1777) Trevisan 1848	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), rejected name
    Lightfootiella montana (Lightfoot 1777) Hašler et al. 2018	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), illegitimate name

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Sorospora Hassall 1845. Publication: Hassall AH. A History of the British Freshwater Algae Vol. 1. Highley, London, 1845.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 0 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Sorospora Hassall 1845

Assigned by: Hassall AH. A History of the British Freshwater Algae Voume 1. Highley, London, 1845.

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Record number: 18601