Kirchneriella

Kirchneriella is a genus of green algae in the family Selenastraceae.[1]

Kirchneriella
Kirchneriella lunaris
Scientific classification
(unranked): Viridiplantae
Division: Chlorophyta
Class: Chlorophyceae
Order: Sphaeropleales
Family: Selenastraceae
Genus: Kirchneriella
Schmidle
Species
  • Kirchneriella aperta
  • Kirchneriella lunaris

The genus name of Kirchneriella is in honour of Emil Otto Oskar von Kirchner (1851–1925), who was a German botanist and agronomist.[2]

The genus was circumscribed by Wilhelm Schmidle in Ber. Naturf. Ges. Freiburg vol.7 on page 82 in 189.

Known species

According to GBIF;[3]

  • Kirchneriella aperta Teiling
  • Kirchneriella arcuata G.S.Smith
  • Kirchneriella dianae (Bohlin) Comas
  • Kirchneriella incurvata J.H.Belcher & Swale
  • Kirchneriella irregularis (G.M.Sm.) Korshikov
  • Kirchneriella lunaris (Kirchner) Möbius, 1894
  • Kirchneriella obesa (G.S.West) Schmidle
  • Kirchneriella obesa (West) West & G.S.West
  • Kirchneriella pinguis Hindák
  • Kirchneriella roselata Hindák

References
  1. See the NCBI webpage on Kirchneriella. Data extracted from the "NCBI taxonomy resources". National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved 2007-03-19.
  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. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
  3. "Kirchneriella Schmidle, 1893". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 5 May 2022.


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