Name: Ulva montana Lightfoot 1777

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: mon.ta’na. L. fem. adj. montana, mountainous

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

Holotype: G2.3

Valid 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.

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

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Sorospora montana (Lightfoot 1777) Hassall 1845

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    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)
    Sorospora montana (Lightfoot 1777) Hassall 1845	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:
  • ❗ Ulva montana 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 [Ulva].
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 0 times in PubMed until 2026-02-03.

Parent taxon: [Ulva]

Assigned by: 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.

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Record number: 6872