Fritschiella
Appearance
Fritschiella | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
(unranked): | Viridiplantae |
Division: | Chlorophyta |
Class: | Chlorophyceae |
Order: | Chaetophorales |
Family: | Fritschiellaceae |
Genus: | Fritschiella Iyengar, 1932 |
Type species | |
Fritschiella tuberosa | |
Species[1] | |
Fritschiella is a genus of green algae, the only genus in the family Fritschiellaceae.[1] There are two species F. tuberosa and a new freshwater species from China, F. aquatilis [2]
The genus name of Fritschiella is in honour of Felix Eugen Fritsch (1879–1954), who was a British biologist.[3]
The genus was circumscribed by Mandeyam Osuri Parthasarathy Iyengar in New Phytol. Vol.31 on page 335 in 1932.
Accepted species
[edit]- Fritschiella tuberosa M.O.P.Iyengar
- Fritschiella aquatilis H.Su, J.Feng, J.Lv, Q.Liu, F.Nan & S.Xie, 2019
References
[edit]- ^ a b Guiry, M.D.; Guiry, G.M. (2007). "Genus: Fritschiella taxonomy browser". AlgaeBase version 4.2 World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. Retrieved 2007-09-25.
- ^ AlgaeBase: Fritschiella aquatilis
- ^ 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.