Biology:Franceia

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Short description: Genus of algae

Franceia
Franceia droescheri as Chodatella droescheri.jpg
Scientific classification e
(unranked): Viridiplantae
Division: Chlorophyta
Class: Trebouxiophyceae
Order: Chlorellales
Family: Oocystaceae
Genus: Franceia
Lemmermann

Franceia is a genus of green algae belonging to the family Oocystaceae.[1]

The genus was first described by Ernst Lemmermann in 1898.[1]

The genus name of Franceia is in honour of Raoul Heinrich Francé (1874-1943), who was an Austro-Hungarian botanist, microbiologist as well as a natural and cultural philosopher and popularizer of science.[2]

The genus has cosmopolitan distribution.[3]

Species:

  • Franceia armata
  • Franceia droescheri

References

Wikidata ☰ Q20895689 entry