''Treubaria'' is a
genus
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of
green algae
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in the family
Treubariaceae
Treubariaceae is a family
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.
The genus was
circumscribed
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Not every polyg ...
by
Charles Jean Bernard in Protococ. Desmid. Eau Douce 5-6, 12, 169 in 1908.
The genus name of ''Treubaria'' is in honour of
Melchior Treub (1851–1910), who was a Dutch
botanist
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. He worked at the
Bogor Botanical Gardens in
Buitenzorg
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, south of
Batavia, Dutch East Indies
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, gaining renown for his work on tropical flora.
Species
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Treubaria crassicornuta''
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Treubaria crassispina''
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Treubaria planctonica''
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Treubaria quadrispina''
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Treubaria schmidlei''
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Treubaria setigera''
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Treubaria triappendiculata''
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Treubaria umbrina''
Former species;
* ''T. euryacantha' accepted as ''Treubaria triappendiculata''
* ''T. limnetica'' accepted as ''Treubaria schmidlei''
* ''T. varia'' accepted as ''Treubaria schmidlei''
References
External links
Sphaeropleales genera
Sphaeropleales
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