''Marvania'' is a
genus
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of
green algae
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in the family
Chlorellaceae
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This genus includes some important emerging path ...
.
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
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who worked at the
Water Research Institute.
The genus was
circumscribed
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Not every polyg ...
by
František Hindák
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*Frank Daniel (František Daniel) (1926–1996), Czech film director, producer, and screenwriter
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in Arch. Hydrobiol. Suppl. vol.49 on page 268 in 1976.
References
Trebouxiophyceae genera
Chlorellaceae
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