Franceia

Genus of algae

Franceia

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:

* Franceia armata
* Franceia droescheri

## References

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1. ^ a b "Franceia Lemmermann, 1898 :: Algaebase". www.algaebase.org. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
2. ^ Burkhardt, Lotte (2022). Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen [Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2022. ISBN 978-3-946292-41-8. S2CID 246307410. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
3. ^ "Franceia Lemmermann, 1898". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 22 January 2021.

Taxon identifiers

Franceia|

* Wikidata: Q20895689
* Wikispecies: Franceia
* AlgaeBase: 43433
* GBIF: 2641167
* IRMNG: 1385418
* ITIS: 5958
* NBN: NHMSYS0000602928
* NCBI: 304616
* NZOR: 411e3b4d-d8fc-4f77-b16c-273359ebfd98
* Open Tree of Life: 5152024
* WoRMS: 577837