Scherffelia | |
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Scientific classification | |
(unranked): | Viridiplantae |
Division: | Chlorophyta |
Class: | Chlorodendrophyceae |
Order: | Chlorodendrales |
Family: | Chlorodendraceae |
Genus: | Scherffelia Pascher |
Scherffelia is a genus of green algae in the family Chlorodendraceae. [1]
The genus was circumscribed by Adolf A. Pascher in Lotos vol.59 on page 341 in 1911.
The genus name of Scherffelia is in honour of Aladár Scherffel (1865–1938), who was a Hungarian botanist (Algology) and mycologist. [2]
Former Species;
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