''Pringsheimiella'' is a
genus 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
Ulvellaceae.
The genus name of ''Pringsheimiella'' is in honour of
Nathanael Pringsheim
Nathanael Pringsheim (30 November 1823 – 6 October 1894) was a German botanist.
Biography
Nathanael Pringsheim was born at Landsberg, Prussian Silesia, and studied at the universities of Breslau, Leipzig, and Berlin successively. He graduat ...
(1823–1894), who was a German
botanist
Botany, also called , plant biology or phytology, is the science of plant life and a branch of biology. A botanist, plant scientist or phytologist is a scientist who specialises in this field. The term "botany" comes from the Ancient Greek wo ...
.
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
Franz Xaver Rudolf von Höhnel
Franz Xaver Rudolf von Höhnel (24 September 1852 – 11 November 1920) was an Austrian bryologist, mycologist, and algologist, brother of explorer Ludwig von Höhnel (1857–1942).Ronald E. Coons and Pascal James Imperato, eds. ''Over Lan ...
in Ann. Mykol. vol.18 on page 97 in 1920.
Several species have been moved into other genera;
* ''P. crenulata'' now accepted as ''
Ulvella crenulata''
* ''P. marchantiae'' accepted as ''
Ulvella marchantiae''
* ''P. mauritiana'' accepted as ''
Ulvella mauritiana''
* ''P. sanctae-luciae'' accepted as ''
Ulvella santae-luciae''
* ''P. scutata'' accepted as ''
Ulvella scutata''
* ''P. striata'' accepted as ''
Ulvella striata''
* ''P. udotea'' accepted as ''
Ulvella udoteae''
References
Ulvophyceae genera
Ulvales
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