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Scourfieldia

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Scourfieldia is a genus of green algae in the family Scourfieldiaceae.[1] Cardiomona Korshikov is an invalid synonym.[2]

The genus was circumscribed by George Stephen West in J. Bot. vol.50 on page 326 in 1912.

The genus name of Scourfieldia is in honour of David Joseph Scourfield FLS FRMS ISO (1866–1949), who was a British civil servant and biologist known as an authority on the Cladocera.[3]

Species

Scourfieldia contains the following species:[4]

WoRMS also accepts;[5]

Former species;[5]

  • Scourfieldia magnopyrenoidea]] Huber-Pestalozzi, 1961 accepted as (synonym of) Scourfieldia caeca
  • Scourfieldia marina J.Throndsen, 1969 accepted as (Synonym of) Pseudoscourfieldia marina (J.Throndsen) Manton, 1975

References

  1. ^ See the NCBI webpage on Scourfieldia. Data extracted from the "NCBI taxonomy resources". National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved 2007-03-19.
  2. ^ John, D. M.; Whitton, Brian A.; Brook, Alan J. (2002). The Freshwater Algal Flora of the Isles: An Identification guided to Freshwater and Terrestrial Algae. Cambridge, U.K.: Cambridge University Press. p. 285. ISBN 978-0-521-77051-4.
  3. ^ Burkhardt, Lotte (2022). Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen [Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2022. ISBN 978-3-946292-41-8. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
  4. ^ John, David M., Whitton, Brian A., & Brook, Alan J. (Eds). The Freshwater Algal Flora of the British Isles: An Identification Guide to Freshwater and Terrestrial Algae. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2005. 286. ISBN 0-521-77051-3
  5. ^ a b "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Scourfieldia G.S.West, 1912". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 23 October 2022.

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Scourfieldia: Brief Summary

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Scourfieldia is a genus of green algae in the family Scourfieldiaceae. Cardiomona Korshikov is an invalid synonym.

The genus was circumscribed by George Stephen West in J. Bot. vol.50 on page 326 in 1912.

The genus name of Scourfieldia is in honour of David Joseph Scourfield FLS FRMS ISO (1866–1949), who was a British civil servant and biologist known as an authority on the Cladocera.

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Classification

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Hansson does not list an entry for the genus Scourfieldia, only S. marina, which is synonymised with Pseudoscourfieldia marina. Placement in the family follows that of the genus Pseudoscourfeldia.
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