# Scourfieldia
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{{Short description|Genus of algae}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| grandparent_authority = Moestrup
| parent_authority = Moestrup
| image = Scourfieldia complanata.jpg
| image_caption = ''Scourfeldia complanata''
| taxon = Scourfieldia
| authority = G.S.West
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision = See text
}}
'''''Scourfieldia''''' is a [genus](/source/genus) of [green algae](/source/green_algae) in the family [Scourfieldiaceae](/source/Scourfieldiaceae).[See the [NCBI](/source/National_Center_for_Biotechnology_Information) [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi?mode=Info&id=163104 webpage on Scourfieldia]. Data extracted from the {{cite web | url=https://ftp.ncbi.nih.gov/pub/taxonomy/ | title=NCBI taxonomy resources | publisher=[National Center for Biotechnology Information](/source/National_Center_for_Biotechnology_Information) | access-date=2007-03-19}}] '''''Cardiomonas''''' Korshikov is an invalid synonym.[{{Cite book |author1=John, D. M. |author2=Whitton, Brian A. |author3=Brook, Alan J. | title=The Freshwater Algal Flora of the Isles: An Identification guided to Freshwater and Terrestrial Algae | date=2002 | publisher=Cambridge University Press | location=Cambridge, U.K. | isbn=978-0-521-77051-4 | pages=285}}]
The genus was [circumscribed](/source/circumscription_(taxonomy)) by [George Stephen West](/source/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](/source/David_Joseph_Scourfield) [FLS](/source/Fellow_of_the_Linnaean_Society) [FRMS](/source/FRMS) [ISO](/source/Imperial_Service_Order) (1866–1949), who was a British civil servant and biologist known as an authority on the [Cladocera](/source/Cladocera).[{{cite book | last=Burkhardt | first=Lotte | title=Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen |trans-title=Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names | publisher=Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin | year=2022 | isbn=978-3-946292-41-8 | url=https://doi.org/10.3372/epolist2022|format=pdf |language=German |location=Berlin | doi=10.3372/epolist2022 |access-date=January 27, 2022}}]
==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. {{ISBN|0-521-77051-3}}]
* ''[Scourfieldia caeca](/source/Scourfieldia_caeca)'' (Korshikov) J.H.Belcher & Swale, 1963
* ''[Scourfieldia complanata](/source/Scourfieldia_complanata)'' G. S. West, 1912
* ''[Scourfieldia cordiformis](/source/Scourfieldia_cordiformis)'' Takeda, 1916
[WoRMS](/source/WoRMS) also accepts;[{{cite web |title=WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Scourfieldia G.S.West, 1912 |url=https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=134535 |website=www.marinespecies.org |access-date=23 October 2022}}]
* ''[Scourfieldia chlorolateralis](/source/Scourfieldia_chlorolateralis)'' {{Au|A.G.Caljon, 2005}}
* ''[Scourfieldia conica](/source/Scourfieldia_conica)'' {{Au|Schiller, 1954}}
* ''[Scourfieldia ovata](/source/Scourfieldia_ovata)'' {{Au|Kufferath, 1956}}
* ''[Scourfieldia quadrata](/source/Scourfieldia_quadrata)'' {{Au|Pascher, 1927}}
Former species;