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Genus of algae

Franceia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Clade: Viridiplantae
Division: Chlorophyta
Class: Trebouxiophyceae
Order: Chlorellales
Family: Oocystaceae
Genus: Franceia
Lemmermann

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

The genus was first described by Ernst Lemmermann in 1898.

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.

The genus has cosmopolitan distribution.

Species:

References

  1. ^ "Franceia Lemmermann, 1898 :: Algaebase". www.algaebase.org. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
  2. 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. S2CID 246307410. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
  3. "Franceia Lemmermann, 1898". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
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Franceia
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