Fritschiella

Fritschiella is a genus of green algae in the family Fritschiellaceae.[1] There are two species F. tuberosa and a new freshwater species from China, F. aquatilis [2]

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

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 and Parthasarathy Iyengar in New Phytol. Vol.31 on page 335 in 1932.

Accepted species

  • Fritschiella tuberosa M.O.P.Iyengar
  • Fritschiella aquatilis H.Su, J.Feng, J.Lv, Q.Liu, F.Nan & S.Xie, 2019

References

  1. 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.
  2. AlgaeBase: Fritschiella aquatilis
  3. 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.


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