Name: Sorospora virescens Hassall 1845

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: vi.res’cens. L. fem. part. adj. virescens, becoming green

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: so-RO-spo-ra wi-RES-kens, feminine

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: synonym

Correct name: Aphanocapsa virescens (Hassall 1845) Rabenhorst 1865

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Cagniardia virescens (Hassall 1845) Trevisan 1848	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
    Aphanocapsa virescens (Hassall 1845) Rabenhorst 1865	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)

• Notes:
  • ❗ Sorospora virescens is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Sorospora.
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Parent taxon: Sorospora Hassall 1845

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

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Record number: 3740