Biology:Nayalia

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Short description: Genus of algae

Nayalia
Scientific classification e
(unranked): Viridiplantae
Division: Chlorophyta
Class: Chlorophyceae
Order: Chaetophorales
Family: Chaetophoraceae
Genus: Nayalia
P. C. Silva, 1959
Type species
Nayalia terrestris
Species[1]
  • Nayalia terrestris

Nayalia is a genus of green algae in the family Chaetophoraceae.[1]

The genus name of Nayalia is in honour of A.A. Nayal, who was an Egyptian botanist from the Department of Botany at Cairo University.[2]

The genus was circumscribed by Paul Claude Silva in Taxon vol.8 on page 63 in 1959.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Genus: Nayalia taxonomy browser". AlgaeBase version 4.2 World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. 2007. http://www.algaebase.org/browse/taxonomy/?id=5545. 
  2. 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 ☰ Q6983087 entry