Biology:Marvania

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Short description: Genus of algae

Marvania
Marvania coccoides as Nannochloris coccoides.jpg
Marvania coccoides
Scientific classification e
(unranked): Viridiplantae
Division: Chlorophyta
Class: Trebouxiophyceae
Order: Chlorellales
Family: Chlorellaceae
Genus: Marvania
F.Hindák
Species
  • Marvania geminata
  • Marvania coccoides
  • Marvania sp. JL 11-11

Marvania is a genus of green algae in the family Chlorellaceae.[1]

The genus name of Marvania is in honour of Petr Marvan (b.1929), who was a (b.1929) Czech / Czechoslovakian botanist (Algology, Mycology and Lichenology), Hydrobiologist who worked at the Water Research Institute.[2]

The genus was circumscribed by František Hindák in Arch. Hydrobiol. Suppl. vol.49 on page 268 in 1976.

References

  1. See the NCBI webpage on Marvania. Data extracted from the "NCBI taxonomy resources". National Center for Biotechnology Information. http://ftp.ncbi.nih.gov/pub/taxonomy/. Retrieved 2007-03-19. 
  2. Burkhardt, Lotte (2022) (in German) (pdf). Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen. Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2022. ISBN 978-3-946292-41-8. https://doi.org/10.3372/epolist2022. Retrieved January 27, 2022. 

Wikidata ☰ Q6778121 entry