''Kirchneriella'' 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
Selenastraceae
Selenastraceae is a family of green algae in the order Sphaeropleales.See the NCBI
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.
The genus name of ''Kirchneriella'' is in honour of
Emil Otto Oskar von Kirchner (1851–1925), who was a German
botanist
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and
agronomist
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.
The genus was
circumscribed
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Not every polyg ...
by
Wilhelm Schmidle in Ber. Naturf. Ges. Freiburg vol.7 on page 82 in 189.
Known species
According to
GBIF
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;
* ''Kirchneriella aperta''
* ''Kirchneriella arcuata''
* ''Kirchneriella dianae''
* ''Kirchneriella incurvata''
* ''Kirchneriella irregularis''
* ''Kirchneriella lunaris''
* ''Kirchneriella obesa''
* ''Kirchneriella obesa''
* ''Kirchneriella pinguis''
* ''Kirchneriella roselata''
References
External links
Sphaeropleales genera
Sphaeropleales
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