Sorospora montana (Lightfoot) Hassall 1845
Current name:
Sorospora montana (Lightfoot) Hassall
Ben Eighe, Scotland - 20 May 2026. Petr Hašler
Publication Details
Sorospora montana (Lightfoot) Hassall 1845: 309
Published in: Hassall, A.H. (1845). A history of the British freshwater algae, including descriptions of the Desmideae and Diatomaceae. With upwards of one hundred plates, illustrating the various species. Vol. I. pp. [i]-viii, [i]-462, [ i , err.]. London, Edinburgh, Paris & Leipzig: S. Highley, H. Baillière; Sunderland & Knox; J.B. Baillière; T.O. Weigel.
Type Species
This is the type species (holotype) of the genus Sorospora.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Basionym
Ulva montana Lightfoot
Type Information
Syntype localities: "It grows upon the ground aminst the grass and moss on the sides of the montains in the isle of Skye and in Ross-shire on the side of a mountain called Cail-veg, between Loch-broom and Lead-beg, on the western coasts, and doubtless many other such-like places. VIII"; (Lightfoot 1777: 973) Lectotype: BM; Lightfoot Herbarium (Dixon 1983: 13) Notes: Ross-shire is a historic county in the Scottish Highlands. The county borders Sutherland, Cromartyshire (of which it contains many exclaves), Inverness-shire and an exclave of Nairnshire. It includes most of Ross as well as Lewis in the Outer Hebrides. The lectotype locality is the Isle of Skye. The lectotype is a specimen in BM (K) labelled "Mountain Dulse. Skye, Ulva montana. Fl. Cal."
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), found in mountainous places.
Created: 24 July 2018 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 29 July 2018
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 29 July 2018. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 28 March 2024