Biology:Fritschiella

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Short description: Genus of algae

Fritschiella
Scientific classification e
(unranked): Viridiplantae
Division: Chlorophyta
Class: Chlorophyceae
Order: Chaetophorales
Family: Fritschiellaceae
Genus: Fritschiella
Iyengar, 1932
Type species
Fritschiella tuberosa
Species[1]
  • Fritschiella tuberosa

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

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Genus: Fritschiella taxonomy browser". AlgaeBase version 4.2 World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. 2007. http://www.algaebase.org/browse/taxonomy/?id=7019. Retrieved 2007-09-25. 
  2. AlgaeBase: Fritschiella aquatilis
  3. Burkhardt, Lotte (2022) (in German) (pdf). Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen. Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2022. ISBN 978-3-946292-41-8. https://doi.org/10.3372/epolist2022. Retrieved January 27, 2022. 

Wikidata ☰ Q5504820 entry