''Apjohnia'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nom ...
of
green algae in the family
Siphonocladaceae
Siphonocladaceae is a family of green algae, in the order Cladophorales.See the NCBI
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.
The genus name of ''Apjohnia'' is in honour of Anne Apjohn, the wife of
James Apjohn
James Apjohn (1 September 1796 – 2 June 1886) was the Irish chemist known for the discovery of new minerals.
Life
James Apjohn (1796-1886) was a renowned and respected chemist and physicist who lived and worked in Dublin during the 1800s. ...
(1796–1886), the Irish chemist.
Species
As accepted by
WoRMS Worms may refer to:
*Worm, an invertebrate animal with a tube-like body and no limbs
Places
*Worms, Germany
Worms () is a city in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, situated on the Upper Rhine about south-southwest of Frankfurt am Main. It had ...
;
* ''
Apjohnia laetevirens''
* ''
Apjohnia scoparia''
Former species;
* ''A. rugulosa'' now accepted as synonym of ''
Cladophora prolifera''
* ''A. tropica'' accepted as synonym of ''
Siphonocladus tropicus''
References
External links
Cladophorales genera
Siphonocladaceae
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