''Scherffelia'' is a
genus
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of
green algae
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in the family
Chlorodendraceae
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.
The genus was
circumscribed
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by
Adolf A. Pascher in Lotos vol.59 on page 341 in 1911.
The genus name of ''Scherffelia'' is in honour of Aladár Scherffel (1865–1938), who was a Hungarian
botanist
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(Algology) and
mycologist
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.
Species
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Scherffelia bichlora
''Scherffelia'' is a genus of green algae in the family Chlorodendraceae.
The genus was circumscribed by Adolf A. Pascher in Lotos vol.59 on page 341 in 1911.
The genus name of ''Scherffelia'' is in honour of Aladár Scherffel (1865–1938), wh ...
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Scherffelia deformis
''Scherffelia'' is a genus of green algae in the family Chlorodendraceae.
The genus was circumscribed by Adolf A. Pascher in Lotos vol.59 on page 341 in 1911.
The genus name of ''Scherffelia'' is in honour of Aladár Scherffel (1865–1938), wh ...
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Scherffelia dubia
''Scherffelia'' is a genus of green algae in the family Chlorodendraceae.
The genus was circumscribed by Adolf A. Pascher in Lotos vol.59 on page 341 in 1911.
The genus name of ''Scherffelia'' is in honour of Aladár Scherffel (1865–1938), wh ...
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Scherffelia incisa
''Scherffelia'' is a genus of green algae in the family Chlorodendraceae.
The genus was circumscribed by Adolf A. Pascher in Lotos vol.59 on page 341 in 1911.
The genus name of ''Scherffelia'' is in honour of Aladár Scherffel (1865–1938), wh ...
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Scherffelia pelagica
''Scherffelia'' is a genus of green algae in the family Chlorodendraceae.
The genus was circumscribed by Adolf A. Pascher in Lotos vol.59 on page 341 in 1911.
The genus name of ''Scherffelia'' is in honour of Aladár Scherffel (1865–1938), wh ...
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Scherffelia phacus''
Former Species;
* ''S. opisthostigma'' accepted as ''Scherffelia dubia''
* ''S. ovata'' accepted as ''Scherffelia dubia''
References
External links
Chlorophyta genera
Chlorodendrophyceae
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