''Fritschiella'' is a
genus
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of
green algae
The green algae (singular: green alga) are a group consisting of the Prasinodermophyta and its unnamed sister which contains the Chlorophyta and Charophyta/Streptophyta. The land plants (Embryophytes) have emerged deep in the Charophyte alga as ...
in the family
Fritschiellaceae.
There are two species ''
F. tuberosa'' and a new freshwater species from
China
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, ''
F. aquatilis''
The genus name of ''Fritschiella'' is in honour of
Felix Eugen Fritsch
Felix Eugen Fritsch FRS (26 April 1879 – 2 May 1954) was a British biologist.
Fritssch was born in Hampstead in London in 1879 where his father owned and operated a school.
Fritsch started his career at the University of Munich before mov ...
(1879–1954), who was a British biologist.
The genus was
circumscribed
In geometry, the circumscribed circle or circumcircle of a polygon is a circle that passes through all the vertices of the polygon. The center of this circle is called the circumcenter and its radius is called the circumradius.
Not every polyg ...
by Mandeyam Osuri and Parthasarathy Iyengar in New Phytol. Vol.31 on page 335 in 1932.
Accepted species
* ''
Fritschiella tuberosa
''Fritschiella'' is a genus of green algae in the family Fritschiellaceae. There are two species '' F. tuberosa'' and a new freshwater species from China, '' F. aquatilis''
The genus name of ''Fritschiella'' is in honour of Felix Eugen Fritsch ...
''
M.O.P.Iyengar
* ''
Fritschiella aquatilis''
H.Su, J.Feng, J.Lv, Q.Liu, F.Nan & S.Xie, 2019
References
External links
Chaetophorales genera
Chaetophoraceae
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