Nayalia

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Nayalia
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Clade: Viridiplantae
Division: Chlorophyta
Class: Chlorophyceae
Order: Chaetophorales
Family: Chaetophoraceae
Genus: Nayalia
P.C.Silva, 1959
Species:
N. terrestris
Binomial name
Nayalia terrestris
(Nayal) P.C.Silva [1]

Nayalia is a genus of green algae in the family Chaetophoraceae, containing the sole species Nayalia terrestris. [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 2 Guiry, M.D.; Guiry, G.M. "Nayalia P.C.Silva, 1959". AlgaeBase . University of Galway . Retrieved 2025-03-09.
  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.


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