Franceia | |
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Scientific classification | |
Clade: | Viridiplantae |
Division: | Chlorophyta |
Class: | Trebouxiophyceae |
Order: | Chlorellales |
Family: | Oocystaceae |
Genus: | Franceia Lemmermann |
Franceia is a genus of green algae belonging to the family Oocystaceae.[1]
The genus was first described by Ernst Lemmermann in 1898.[1]
The genus name of Franceia is in honour of Raoul Heinrich Francé (1874-1943), who was an Austro-Hungarian botanist, microbiologist as well as a natural and cultural philosopher and popularizer of science.[2]
The genus has cosmopolitan distribution.[3]
Species: