''Koliella'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...
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 order
Prasiolales
Prasiolales is an order of green algae in the class Trebouxiophyceae.See the NCBIbr>webpage on Prasiolales Data extracted from the
Genera of uncertain placement to family:
*''Elliptochloris
''Elliptochloris'' is a genus of green algae in ...
.
The genus name of ''Koliella'' is in honour of Erszébet (Elizabet) Kol (1897-1980), who was a Hungarian botanist (Mycology and Algology), who worked at the
Hungarian National Museum
The Hungarian National Museum ( hu, Magyar Nemzeti Múzeum) was founded in 1802 and is the national museum for the history, art, and archaeology of Hungary, including areas not within Hungary's modern borders, such as Transylvania; it is not to ...
in
Budapest
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.
The genus was
circumscribed
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Not every polyg ...
by
František Hindák in Nova Hedwigia vol.6 (issues 1/2) on page 99 in 1963.
References
External links
Trebouxiophyceae genera
Prasiolales
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