''Scourfieldia'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
green algae
The green algae (: green alga) are a group of chlorophyll-containing autotrophic eukaryotes consisting of the phylum Prasinodermophyta and its unnamed sister group that contains the Chlorophyta and Charophyta/ Streptophyta. The land plants ...
in the family
Scourfieldiaceae. ''Cardiomonas'' 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
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Me ...
(1866–1949), who was a British civil servant and biologist known as an authority on the
Cladocera
The Diplostraca or Cladocera, commonly known as water fleas, is a superorder (biology), superorder of small, mostly freshwater crustaceans, most of which feed on microscopic chunks of organic matter, though some forms are predatory.
Over 1000 sp ...
.
Species
''Scourfieldia'' contains the following species:
[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. ]
* ''
Scourfieldia caeca''
(Korshikov) J.H.Belcher & Swale, 1963
* ''
Scourfieldia complanata''
G. S. West, 1912
* ''
Scourfieldia cordiformis''
Takeda, 1916
WoRMS
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Content
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also accepts;
* ''
Scourfieldia chlorolateralis''
* ''
Scourfieldia conica''
* ''
Scourfieldia ovata''
* ''
Scourfieldia quadrata''
Former species;
* ''Scourfieldia magnopyrenoidea'' accepted as (synonym of) ''Scourfieldia caeca''
* ''Scourfieldia marina'' accepted as (synonym of) ''
Pseudoscourfieldia marina
''Pseudoscourfieldia'' is a genus of green algae in the family Pycnococcaceae.
The genus name of ''Scourfieldia'' is in honour of David Joseph Scourfield FLS FRMS ISO
The International Organization for Standardization (ISO ; ; ) is an ...
''
References
Chlorophyta genera
Pedinophyceae
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