Scourfieldia

Scourfieldia
	Scourfeldia complanata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Division:	Chlorophyta
Class:	Pedinophyceae
Order:	Scourfieldiales ; Moestrup
Family:	Scourfieldiaceae ; Moestrup
Genus:	Scourfieldia ; G.S.West
Species
	See text

Last updated July 16, 2025

Scourfieldia is a genus of green algae in the family Scourfieldiaceae.^[1]Cardiomonas 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]

Scourfieldia caeca (Korshikov) J.H.Belcher & Swale, 1963
Scourfieldia complanata G. S. West, 1912
Scourfieldia cordiformis Takeda, 1916

WoRMS also accepts;^[5]

Scourfieldia chlorolateralis A.G.Caljon, 2005
Scourfieldia conica Schiller, 1954
Scourfieldia ovata Kufferath, 1956
Scourfieldia quadrata Pascher, 1927

Former species;^[5]

Scourfieldia magnopyrenoideaHuber-Pestalozzi, 1961 accepted as (synonym of) Scourfieldia caeca
Scourfieldia marinaJ.Throndsen, 1969 accepted as (synonym of) Pseudoscourfieldia marina (J.Throndsen) Manton, 1975

References

↑ See the NCBI webpage on Scourfieldia. Data extracted from the "NCBI taxonomy resources". National Center for Biotechnology Information . Retrieved 2007-03-19.
↑ 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.
↑ 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.
↑ 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
1 2 "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Scourfieldia G.S.West, 1912". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 23 October 2022.

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[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

[Worms-5] 1 2 "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Scourfieldia G.S.West, 1912". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 23 October 2022.

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Scourfieldia

Scourfeldia complanata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Division:	Chlorophyta
Class:	Pedinophyceae
Order:	Scourfieldiales Moestrup
Family:	Scourfieldiaceae Moestrup
Genus:	Scourfieldia G.S.West
Species
See text